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Ultrasound

Tele-ultrasound

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Give patients access to your team’s full expertise, regardless of location

Ultrasound experts need to provide care access to diverse populations, while also managing staff shortages and variable levels of expertise that contribute to a higher rate of repeat exams. Philips Tele-ultrasound is designed to improve access to care, bringing remote decision support to the primary care outpatient clinics, emergency first responders, hospital inpatient imaging departments and many other sites so you can improve workflow inefficiencies, enhance patient and staff satisfaction and drive better outcomes regardless of location.

Tele-ultrasound

Now ultrasound systems can do more than scan

Collaboration Live allows you to securely talk, text, video stream and share images directly from the ultrasound system to mobile devices or computers so teams can view images simultaneously, regardless of location. Clinicians can even give control of system functions, allowing remote experts to guide the exam. Collaboration Live with multi-party allows you to connect with up to six participants at a time, including system to system communication.1 

Demonstrated results in Tele-ultrasound

  1. 44%

    Increase in revenue

    44%

    Increase in revenue

    While conducting a one-year revenue generation study, a maternal fetal medicine practice was able to increase their revenue by 44%.4

  2. 57%

    Reduced exam times

    57%

    Reduced exam times

    Implementation of a remote collaboration tool to perform echocardiograms during the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated a 57% reduction in exam time with the remote user being able to indicate when they had the images they needed.3

  3. 100%

    of patients felt they had better access to healthcare using tele-ultrasound

    100%

    of patients felt they had better access to healthcare using tele-ultrasound

    In a Prospective study of 30 subjects undergoing routine obstetric imaging, 100% of the patients felt they had better access to care using Collaboration Live for tele-ultrasound.2

Communication platform for diagnostic tele-ultrasound
Collaboration Live is a communication platform embedded in EPIQ, Affiniti and Compact 5000 series systems that enables an ultrasound user and a remote user to communicate or accept control of the system in real-time. Users can quickly and securely talk, text, screen share and video stream directly from the ultrasound system to a PC or compatible mobile device, giving you the flexibility to communicate from almost anywhere.
Collaboration Live tele-ultrasound portfolio with Lumify
Lumify + Reacts
Collaborate with experts across town or around the world by pairing a Philips Lumify with the same Reacts technology as Collaboration Live. POCUS (Point-of-care ultrasound) users can share sharp images in real time and have face-to-face conversations with other medical professionals. You can even flip your camera and show them what you see live.
EMT using Lumify with Reacts on a tablet
System-to-system communication
Collaboration Live lets you connect system-to-system so you can give and get support from your colleagues during an ultrasound exam.
Tele-ultrasound system to system communication infographic

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    Dr. Michael Ruma uses Collaboration Live at Perinatal Associates of New Mexico to improve access to care for pregnant people.

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    Dr. Stephen Johnson uses Collaboration Live at Ochsner Medical Center during transplant surgeries.

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    Dr. Éric Saloux uses Collaboration Live at CHU de Caen to aid in his cardiology exams

EPIQ Elite
Philips EPIQ Elite ultrasound features an exceptional level of clinical performance, workflow, and advanced intelligence to meet the challenges of today’s most demanding practices. The EPIQ Elite platform brings ultimate solutions to ultrasound, with clinically tailored tools designed to elevate diagnostic confidence to new levels.
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Frequently asked questions

Footnotes
  1. Contract required. Requires 7.0.5 or higher. Diagnostic use and remote access via mobile device or browser requires release 9.0 or higher. Multi-party and system to system connect require release 10.0 or higher. Remote control requires Windows device. Contact your local Philips representative for availability in your area.
  2. Ruma MS, et al. Prospective study of 30 subjects undergoing routine obstetric ultrasound imaging, New Mexico, USA. The use of a novel telemedicine tool in perinatology [abstract]. 30th ISUOG World Congress, 2020.
  3. Kelly NP, Scherer E, Johnson K, et al. Findings from implementation of a remote collaboration solution to perform echocardiograms during the COVID-19 pandemic. JASE. 2021 doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2021.10.001.
  4. Ruma MS. Revenue generation analysis of telemedicine tool in perinatology. J Ultrasound Med. 2022. 41(suppl1):S163.
Disclaimer
Results are specific to the institution where they were obtained and may not reflect the results achievable at other institutions. Results in other cases may vary.