Case Study: Boston Children’s Hospital improves imaging workflow and emergency care with Life Image

Enterprise Image Exchange Improves Workflow in Outpatient and Trauma Care Settings

Boston Children’s Hospital, a major pediatric facility, faced significant workflow challenges in its outpatient clinics and trauma program due to the reliance on physical CDs for outside medical imaging. This process slowed down care, particularly for emergency transfers, and often resulted in the unnecessary re-imaging of pediatric patients. To address this, the hospital sought a more efficient solution from vendor Intelerad, implementing the Life Image platform.

Intelerad’s solution enabled the instant electronic upload and sharing of imaging exams, which dramatically improved efficiency. The results for Boston Children's included over 3,200 yearly exams sent electronically to the Trauma Department, the prevention of unnecessary patient transfers and surgeries, and a significant reduction in pediatric radiation exposure by eliminating duplicate scans. The Intelerad platform also allowed physicians to plan for a patient’s arrival in advance, drastically cutting the time to get images into their PACS system from days to just minutes.

Boston Children’s Hospital

David Mooney

Trauma Medical Director