MEDRAD's Intego PET Infusion System integrated with Pinestar's Nuclear Medicine Information System

Today, MEDRAD, Inc. and Pinestar Technology, Inc. announced plans to enable data communication between MEDRAD's Intego™ PET Infusion System and Pinestar's Nuclear Medicine Information System (NMIS).  The companies are closing the information gap between state of the art infusion systems and the latest information systems, and thus adding to the workflow benefits of automated FDG infusion.  The data integration capability can be previewed at the Society of Nuclear Medicine Annual Conference (June 5th-9th in Salt Lake City) and will be available for sale in late summer 2010.

The data integration establishes reliable communication of PET infusion schedules and histories, and will be the first of its kind in the market.  Large hospitals, and even smaller growing PET clinics, are challenged to contain costs, reduce errors, and increase their quality of service -- even in the face of increasing procedure volumes.  In addition, there is growing interest in electronic medical records across all departments.  Therefore, intelligent communication between systems is of utmost importance.  

"Integrating the Intego System with NMIS streamlines PET workflow and reduces needless errors, it's what PET clinics are asking for," says Doug Descalzi, executive director of MEDRAD's Molecular Imaging business.  "Plus, the integration will compound the workflow benefits that users experience compared to operating the systems independently."  

"Interfacing Intego with Pinestar's NMIS reduces redundant patient demographic entries and transcription errors. Completed dose records are transferred back to the NMIS after the FDG infusion. The technologists will spend more time administering patient care and less time typing," says Pinestar President Chet Mody.