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Tips and Guidelines for Buying a Cardiology Information System

Cardiac patient information including image management systems, and cardiovascular data providing clinician access for analysis, diagnosis, follow-up, and archiving. Stored data can be transferred throughout the medical facility and to other locations such as physicians offices.

Tips for Buying a Cardiology Information System

1. When purchasing a cardiology information system, to assist the supplier with providing the requested device, the facility should present a full description of in-house operating systems. In addition, they should specify the maximum number of simultaneous users, required terminals, and sites.

2. The ECG data management system should automatically perform the following tasks: archive entire patient records; backup the data storage; maintain a directory of all archived patients; retrieve data by patient name, ID, archive date, or by other user-defined parameters.

3. User ID and password are the minimum-security features for entering the cardiology information system. It should also have individualized access functions, several levels of system security, and confidential password codes.

4. These cardiology information systems should be able to communicate with a remote workstation, to enable monitoring from a remote site or data download from a physician's office. They should also be able to communicate with other information ECG data management systems.

Questions for the Seller

Before you purchase your Cardiology Information System, we recommend you ask the seller the following questions:

General

  • Software installed? (Name + Version)
  • Clinical Features, Data
  • Does it include echocardiology?
  • Does it include cardiac cat?
  • Does it include stress testing?
  • Does it include electrophysiology?
  • Does it include Holter?

Clinical Features, Waveform

  • Does it include echocardiology?
  • Does it include cardiac cat?
  • Does it include stress testing?
  • Does it include electrophysiology?
  • Does it include Holter?

Clinical Features, Image ECG

  • Does it include echocardiology?
  • Does it include cardiac cat?
  • Does it include stress testing?
  • Does it include electrophysiology?
  • Does it include Holter?