Legacy Emanuel Relies on Fujifilm’s FDR Go and Virtual Grid to Make the Right Treatment Decisions Quickly and Safely

Techs save approximately 10-12 minutes on every acquisition without compromising image quality in busy 24/7 ED

Legacy Emanuel Medical Center (Photo: Business Wire)

STAMFORD, Conn.--()--(Booth #4165, South Building, Hall A) – The imaging team at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, a full-status Level 1 Trauma Center in Portland, OR, is reducing image acquisition time, lowering patient radiation dose, and delivering high quality images that help emergency clinicians save lives with the installations of Fujifilm’s FDR Go and Virtual Grid.

“When choosing a portable unit, we looked for that hard-to-find combination of a technologically savvy, user-friendly and durable system,” said Tommy Williams, RT(R)(CT), ARRT, manager of Imaging Services at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. “Yet we couldn’t compromise on image quality because our emergency physicians and surgeons depend on these images to make the right treatment decisions quickly and safely.”

After evaluating six vendors and a variety of solutions, Williams chose three Fujifilm FDR Go DR systems with Virtual Grid and implemented them in the adult ER/trauma unit at Legacy Emanuel in February 2015.

Fujfilm’s FDR Go mobile DR is a full-featured system in a compact design. Fujifilm’s Virtual Grid is a unique new image processing tool that intelligently adapts contrast to improve image quality for exams acquired without a grid.

“Virtual Grid was a key factor in our decision-making process. It automatically adapts the image processing to replicate grid use to reduce degradation of the image quality caused by scatter radiation,” said Williams. “We often don’t have much information on incoming patients from emergency responders, and in many cases we also don’t have the time to place and then line up a grid behind the patient.”

The team uses the Virtual Grid feature in 90% of all portable chest exams and 75% of abdomen exams —which helps ensure physicians receive high quality images in a hectic emergency environment.

Williams attributes several other benefits to replacing Legacy Emanuel’s CR systems with Fujifilm’s portable FDR Go units. For example, technologists are saving 10 to 12 minutes on every image acquisition, and study repeat rates have dropped from 8% to 4.2% today with a target of 2% --saving time, unnecessary cost and radiation exposure to patients and staff. Moreover, Williams reports that the team reduced dose by 30% when they moved from CR to DR and by “17% when they transitioned from another vendor’s DR to Fujifilm’s FDR Go.”

“There’s no question that mobile DR systems make sense in chaotic settings such as emergency departments and trauma units,” said Rob Fabrizio, director of marketing and product development, Digital x-ray and Women’s Health, FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. “Fujifilm’s FDR Go is a solid, reliable, easy-to-maneuver mobile system and the Virtual Grid feature helps assure images won’t be compromised at a time when every second counts.”

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About Fujifilm

FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. is a leading provider of diagnostic imaging products and medical informatics solutions to meet the needs of healthcare facilities today and well into the future. From an unrivaled selection of digital x-ray systems, to the Synapse® brand of PACS, RIS and cardiovascular products, to advanced women’s health imaging systems, Fujifilm has products that are ideal for any size imaging environment. The Endoscopy Division of FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. supplies high quality, technologically advanced FUJINON brand endoscopes to the medical market. The TeraMedica Division delivers healthcare informatics, and is the leading provider of vendor neutral, enterprise-wide solutions for unrestricted medical image management. FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. is headquartered in Stamford, CT. For more information please visit www.fujifilmhealthcare.com and www.fujifilmendoscopy.com.

FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation, Tokyo, Japan brings continuous innovation and leading-edge products to a broad spectrum of industries, including: healthcare, with medical systems, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics; graphic systems; highly functional materials, such as flat panel display materials; optical devices, such as broadcast and cinema lenses; digital imaging; and document products. These are based on a vast portfolio of chemical, mechanical, optical, electronic, software and production technologies. In the year ended March 31, 2015, the company had global revenues of $20.8 billion, at an exchange rate of 120 yen to the dollar. Fujifilm is committed to environmental stewardship and good corporate citizenship. For more information, please visit: www.fujifilmholdings.com.

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Lauren Geloso, 914-789-8303
lgeloso@fujifilm.com

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Contacts

Fujifilm
Lauren Geloso, 914-789-8303
lgeloso@fujifilm.com