• Gigabit Fiber Network backbone
• Redundant Storage
• Offsite Backup
• 24/7 Computer Center
• Physical Security
• Full time staff providing 24/7 on call tech support
• User and client level access control, encryption and audit records for HIPAA compliance
• Compatible Modalities: CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, PET/CT, CR
• If required and feasible at your site, we will work with your PACS/RIS staff to implement report upload to your PACS/RIS system using our software.

• MedPixels will set up a secure tunnel solution to your imaging center. This may involve placing a computer with our software at your site.
• Once the secure tunnel solution is set up, studies can be transferred to our server from your location using DICOM.
• Your technologist can then access our online worklist, enter clinician contact information and indicate urgency, if required
• Studies will then be read by a Radiologist and a report will be generated within a previously agreed time frame
• For each study, our staff will contact your Clinician if an urgent read is appropriate
• The Report will then be delivered to you online, via fax, pager and/or secure email, configurable to your needs

Published rates of error for interpretation of radiological studies range from 5-8%, with a major error rate of 1-3%. Uncommonly but regularly, these errors result in death or litigation. The key to avoiding this is to actively reduce these errors.

When targeted feedback and training is provided to radiologists, error rates have been shown to decrease, for example in one study from 19% to 4%.

However, current QA programs just choose studies randomly for double read. The future is in identifying studies at high risk of error for double-read, and then to provide individualized feedback.

The ScanGuard^TM System was developed to make this a reality.


The ScanGuard^TM system uses an proprietary adaptive computer algorithm to select scans for double-read. Factors considered include scan acuity, clinical question, scan type, the personal and historical profile of the interpreting radiologist, a historical database of common medical errors, and an assessment of the chance of misunderstanding or miscommuncation of the findings.

Flagged scans are then double-read by a GuardianAngel^TM, who is a radiologist trained to be the safety net of each primary interpreting radiologist. The GuardianAngel also has access to a customized list of findings to verify or rule out, based on the assessment of the ScanGuard system. Any discrepancies are discussed with the interpreting radiologist and if necessary, communicated to the ordering physician.

When receiving reports from our teleradiology service, rest assured that these reports are protected by ScanGuard^TM!

• Secure DICOM transfer to our servers
• Web Based, Secure, HIPAA compliant workflow and reporting solutions
• Quality Control
• Customer Management
• Onsite and Remote Tech Support

• We will interface with your client imaging center to set up the teleradiology infrastructure
• We will work with you to set up interpretation hardware and software at your site
• When on call, work from your personal worklist. Studies on your worklist will be pre-transferred to your interpretation station.
• Use our online reporting tools to create and sign your report
• Use clinician contact information to communicate and document any urgent results
• Documentation, Audit trails, Report Delivery and Acknowledgement and related tasks are handled by our system