PicomCloud
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After filling out the sign up form, the PicomCloud team will verify your identity, validate the credit card information you provided, and then set up your account. Typically, this process will take no more than one business day. Sign up form typos and/or credit card validation errors may delay this process.
Anyone with a valid NPI number, email address and credit card may create an account with PicomCloud.
PicomCloud is provided as a self service PACS. Links to help topics are available throughout the website; however no direct application assistance is included in the base price. Application and technical assistance are available as an additional cost.
"Administrator accounts, including the primary account, can modify the member and source lists.
You are ONLY charged for the Advanced Toolset if you use it on a study. During billing creation, any study that contains reports, dictation voice files, annotations, key images, or uploaded documents will incur the extra Advanced Toolset fee of $1.
There is NO annual contract with PicomCloud. There is a one-time start up fee ($50), but all other services are pay as you go.
Adding team members to your virtual workflow is absolutely free.
Your account is active as long as you satisfy minimum monthly payment requirement.
Essentially, a full PACS. You’ll benefit from access to: Image and document upload tools; Diagnostic visualization tools; Reporting tools for radiology, cardiology and more; Voice recognition reporting is available with the advanced toolset; Anywhere access with compatible web browsers and web tablets; and 6 months of storage for the study images and related media objects, with an option to extend for an extra 7 years for an additonal fee.
Patient Data is stored for 6 months and up to 7 years for an additional fee.
Please call 1-866-724-6243 so we may assist you.
PicomCloud supports all traditional medical imaging formats created and stored in DICOM format. (CR, CT, DX, ECG, ES, MG, MR, NM, OT, PT, RF, SC, US. Cardiac Catheterization and Cardiac Echo.) Radiology and other similar static images are presented in a static image viewer. Cardiology imaging for X-ray angiography and echocardiography are displayed in a dynamic image viewer. Other multi-media file objects are launched in their native application (.pdf, .doc, .rtf, etc; if available on the client).
Absolutely, as a reading physician, you may set preferences for viewing prior exams using “hanging protocols”.
Yes, as a reading physician you have access to all our professional diagnostic viewers.
The Advanced Toolset is an addition set of features that can be used on any study. It includes: reporting based on voice recognition, PICOM structured reporting and Dictation/transcription reporting. Includes advanced Gated SPECT viewing. Note, you will be billed only for studies where you used the advanced toolset.
Yes. Key images are easily identified as “key” thumbnail images in an image set.
Your studies are uploaded to the PicomOnline server, a HIPAA-compliant PACS that is securely hosted and maintained by ScImage.
PicomCloud is a multi-media PACS and as such, provides a great deal of flexibility. You can upload any DICOM or Non-DICOM images, supporting documents, audio clips, scanned documents and other multi-media files.
To upload an image or document, log in and navigate to the Media Uploads page. From there, chose an upload type and follow the simple upload steps.
Most often, yes. If your modality is configurable, it can be set up to send directly to our PicomDrive desktop application, which will be listening for incoming studies, and upload them once the transfer is complete.
Yes. Provided of course the patient demographics and patient ID are consistent, all clinical content for a given patient will be located in that patient’s “electronic folder”.
Yes, as long as you (the reader) and the sender are connected to the same virtual workflow, see the “My Team” page.
Yes, add this new recipient to your virtual workflow on the “My Team” page. The new entity will now be able to login and view only the exams you’ve tagged for their access.
Yes, add this new recipient to your virtual workflow on the “Your Team” page. The new entity will now be able to login and view only the exams you’ve tagged for their access.
As the account administrator, you create new users in PicomCloud and control the studies that they can view.
After logging in, click on the 'View Images' tab to view the images you uploaded using our web-viewer called PicomWeb. You and your team may also install and view studies from the PicomClient application, designed for reading workstations, to utilize our advanced viewing software, reporting and study management capabilities.
Yes, as a “Reading Physician” you have access to the reporting tools.
Both are available depending on modality and your reporting preference.
Yes, our reporting software fully supports voice-recognition reporting. Please note, it is the responsibility of the user to acquire Dragon Natural Speaking (Healthcare Version) and a speech microphone.
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Yes. Distribution preferences are chosen at the time of a new Team member creation. Choose between email, fax or both.
