PACSHealth, LLC Partners with Alara Imaging to Support CMS Compliance

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Aug. 27, 2024 - PRLog -- PACSHealth, LLC, a leading imaging informatics software engineering company, today announced a collaboration with Alara Imaging, a pioneer in the development of Medical Imaging Gateways, to integrate Alara's software with PACSHealth, LLC's DoseMonitor® Patient Radiation Dose Monitoring product. This integration aims to support healthcare institutions' compliance with the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Quality Reporting electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) related to patient radiation dose monitoring for CT exams. The announcement was made following the annual AHRA conference in Orlando, Florida.

As the measure steward, Alara's software facilitates the secure transfer of data from electronic health records (EHRs), radiology information systems (RIS), and picture archiving and communication systems (PACS). This data is then utilized for CMS quality measure calculations and reporting, ensuring health systems meet the new patient safety standards.

Radiation doses from CT scans can vary significantly, and excessive doses pose a health risk. CMS has introduced standardized methods to monitor diagnostic CT performance to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure. These measures include eCQMs that leverage Alara's software to extract and analyze data from radiology EHRs.

"PACSHealth, LLC is committed to providing DoseMonitor® customers with the latest technology," said Mike Battin, COO of PACSHealth, LLC. By engaging with Alara, we aim to support our customers' compliance with the new Hospital Quality Reporting eCQMs by leveraging the Alara gateway."

About PACSHealth, LLC

PACSHealth, LLC is an imaging informatics software engineering company that produces industry-leading tools such as PACSHealth®, DoseMonitor®, VNAHealth®, and DICOMeXtreme Router®, which are installed at over 1600 hospitals in 13 countries worldwide.

Contact: Lisa Schoenhofer, lisa.schoenhofer@pacshealth.com

About Alara Imaging Inc.

Alara was founded to usher in a new wave of medical imaging advancements that improve patient outcomes. Alara serves as measure steward and provides the secure software for use in new radiology measures within CMS quality payment programs. To learn more about Alara's mission, please visit Alara's website, www.alaragateway.com.

Contact: Josh Cohen, Vice President, josh@alaragateway.com