Philips Nets EU MDR Certificate for Remote Scanning Capabilities

Royal Philips announced that Philips Radiology Operations Command Center Console has received its EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR) certificate for remote scanning capability. Expert radiologists can now assist technologists on-the-spot, by remotely controlling scans to acquire high quality images needed for improved diagnostic confidence and patient outcomes.

“With the Radiology Operations Command Center, we can support multiple locations in real time. We utilize the expertise in our Command Center to ensure that every site has access to it. This helps us to improve efficiency and maintain the same level of care at all facilities," shared Martina Salomon, MR application specialist, at Med360°, Leverkusen, Germany. 

Radiology Operations Command Center is a vendor-agnostic, multi-modality, safe and secure imaging solution. It can be used with multiple vendor MR, CT or PET-CT configurations and seamlessly connects imaging experts in a command center with technologists at scan locations across their organization. A pilot study at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, UK resulted in a 9% increase in total scanning throughput as a result of reduced scan times and a zero exam recall rate over the study period.

 The remote scanning capabilities allow expert users to edit MR, CT or PET-CT scanner consoles in real-time, from any location and share their expertise via on-demand chat, voice and video collaboration, without compromising privacy, safety or security. Radiology Operations Command Center enables remote collaboration between imaging experts and on-site technologists to help with precise, first-time right image acquisition, for more efficient and enhanced patient care.

“Healthcare providers are increasingly confronted with the challenge of not having enough skilled technologists to meet the demand for patient imaging exams, particularly for more complex exams such as cardiac MR,” said Shez Partovi, Business Leader Enterprise Informatics at Philips. “With Radiology Operations Command Center Console’s remote scanning capability, we are further empowering clinicians to deliver the timely diagnosis that patients deserve and helping to deliver better care for more patients.”