Southwest Hospitals MRI Center’s Commitment to State-of-the-Art Technology at the Heart of Nearly 20-Year Relationship with MedInformatix RIS

LOS ANGELES, July 28 /PRNewswire/ — Since its formation
in 1987, Oak Lawn, Ill.-based
Southwest Hospitals MRI Center has leveraged cutting edge imaging
and other technology to provide the community just southwest of
Chicago with among the area’s
highest quality MRI studies. Each of its technicians possesses at
least 15 years of experience, and is adept at making the fullest
use of technological innovations to provide patients with the
fastest and most-accurate MRI services.

The MedInformatix
Radiology Information System (
RIS) has been a key component in Southwest Hospitals MRI
Center’s success since 1993, when the affiliate of Chicago‘s Little Company of Mary
Hospital and Palos Community Hospital transitioned from a custom
database system to RIS at the dawn of the Electronic Health Records
Age.

“Southwest Hospitals MRI Center stores a very large amount of
demographics and collateral, required in screening patients for
such critical information as the presence of implants and MRI
contraindications with respect to other conditions and
medications,” said Mike Cepolski,
the Center’s manager. “With RIS, a technician can determine in two
to three minutes whether somebody’s previously been a

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