Novari Health to provide imaging management to Island Health

VICTORIA, BC – Novari Health is working with Island Health to implement its Medical Imaging Requisition Management (MIRM) technology across Vancouver Island. The deployment of Novari MIRM will enable 16 Island Health sites to more efficiently manage the receipt, processing, workflows, and wait list management associated with inpatient and outpatient community referrals for MRI, CT, ultrasound, and other imaging modalities.

Novari MIRM will be deployed at the following sites: Alex and Jo Campbell Camosun Centre for Health and Wellness, Campbell River Hospital, Chemainus Health Centre, Comox Valley Hospital, Cowichan District Hospital, Island Ultrasound, Lady Minto Hospital, Ladysmith Health Centre, Mill Bay Radiology Centre, Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Oceanside Health Centre, Port Hardy Hospital, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Saanich Peninsula Hospital, Victoria General Hospital, and West Coast General Hospital.

The project will involve tight integration with Island Health’s Oracle Health (Cerner) electronic health record system.

In addition, the Novari system will integrate with the Intelerad picture archiving and communication system (PACS), leveraging the DICOM standard.

“It’s personally very rewarding to partner with Island Health and its well-deserved reputation for innovation and for providing quality care. The use of Novari’s Canadian home-grown technology will enable Island Health to continue to enhance access to care for diagnostic imaging services,” said John Sinclair (pictured), president and CEO, Novari Health.

Novari technologies complement and integrate with many hospital information systems (HIS) (e.g., Epic, Meditech, Oracle Health, etc.), electronic medical record (EMR) systems (e.g., Accuro, Telus, etc.), PACS systems (e.g., AGFA, GE Healthcare, Philips, etc.) and others.

Novari MIRM provides clerical staff, administrators, nursing staff, imaging technologists, and radiologists with a comprehensive medical imaging requisition management solution that includes wait list management, digital protocolling, customized workflows, and robust department analytics.

The system’s workflow capabilities can be configured to accommodate unique workflows for each modality and eliminate risks and inefficiencies inherent in paper-based processes.

Novari technology also includes available AI-enhanced analytics that provide real-time data on patient wait times, helping organizations enhance resource utilization, identify workflow bottlenecks, and improve operational efficiency.

The system includes RadView, an eProtocolling feature co-designed with Canadian radiologists to enable quick and efficient protocolling.

The MIRM system is enhanced by enriched DICOM integration with PACS, enabling the uploading of relevant requisition documents and providing easy access for radiologists and medical imaging technologists.

Health care systems around the world continue to grapple with the legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic, aging populations, and human healthcare resources (HHR) shortages.

To help offset these challenges, Novari Health provides state-of-the-art referral management, central intake, and wait list management solutions. These systems streamline the management of wait lists for medical imaging, surgery, mental health, diabetes, and other clinical services that have experienced unprecedented backlogs in recent years.

About Novari Health
Novari Health’s award-winning enterprise scale referral management, central intake, and wait list management software solutions improve access to care, whilst improving the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare organizations. Leveraging HL7, FHIR, DICOM, and other international standards, our technologies complement and integrate with a wide variety of healthcare systems (e.g., HIS, EMR, PACS, etc.). Headquartered in Canada, with offices in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, Novari is one of the fastest growing digital health solution providers. ISO 27001 certified, Novari Health is a Microsoft Partner, with software solutions hosted on Microsoft Azure’s global network of data centres.

About Island Health
Island Health provides health and care services to more than 930,000 people on Vancouver Island, the islands in the Salish Sea and the Johnstone Strait, and mainland communities north of Powell River. With more than 31,000 health care professionals – including more than 3,000 doctors, nurse practitioners midwives and dentists that make up our Medical Staff – as well as 1,500 adult and youth volunteers providing over 70,000 annual hours of service, and the dedicated support of 12 foundations and 19 active auxiliaries, Island Health delivers a broad range of health services, including: public health services, primary health care, home and community care, mental health and substance use services, acute care in hospitals, and much more across a huge and geographically diverse region.