Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas has partnered with Clearpath Technologies to integrate Clearpath’s automated platform for the digital sharing of medical records and images through the Exa Platform.
The integration allows medical imaging records to be quickly and securely accessed by patients, healthcare providers, legal requestors, and other authorised parties without the need for physical discs or shipping.
The collaboration supports Konica Minolta’s vision of the Exa Platform as a fully integrated enterprise imaging solution that connects patients and providers throughout the care continuum.
By incorporating Clearpath’s solution, users can process requests for information directly from Exa PACS or Exa RIS, streamlining the workflow. The automated system is reported to be 50% faster than traditional manual or disc-burning methods and may reduce costs by up to 65%.
Clearpath’s platform introduces workflow management tools that allow facilities to automate most patient and provider requests. Legal requests for billing, images, and documents can be fulfilled in under five minutes.
Patients can authorise the release of their medical records and images, as well as grant access to family members or other healthcare providers.
Konica Minolta Healthcare HCIT COO Kevin Chlopecki said: “At Konica Minolta, we want to empower our customers with a fully integrated, end-to-end solution to schedule, manage and report their imaging studies.
“We’ve partnered with vendors to amplify the Exa Platform. With Clearpath, customers have an easy-to-use, cost-effective platform for medical image and report sharing that also gives patients control of their health data.”
Clearpath president Lauren Brown said: “We’re incredibly excited to partner with Konica Minolta to advance accessibility in medical imaging and records across the care continuum.
“Clearpath and Konica Minolta share a unified vision for the future of healthcare—one where patients and providers have greater access to health data, reducing costs and improving outcomes.
“By integrating Clearpath into the Exa Platform, hospitals, health systems and imaging facilities can share studies more efficiently, giving patients greater access to imaging studies and records, and ultimately empowering them to take greater control over their health journey.”
