Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is seeking information from industry partners to understand their capabilities in providing a national enterprise imaging system. The system should be able to provide secure image acquisition, retrieval, communication, viewing, postprocessing, automated analysis, reporting, documentation, importing/exporting/exchange, workflow management, referring clinician and patient access and review, image integration into VHA electronic health record (EHR), and other critical functionality for image-centric VHA clinical programs. The system should also be able to support multiple specialties, including radiology, cardiology, and nuclear medicine. Key features of interest include integration with current and future VHA EHR, universal availability of images and reports on all VA desktops, specialty-specific diagnostic viewers and clinical tools, integrated artificial intelligence (AI) functionality, and interfaces for all image acquisition modalities/devices.
• The system should be able to store, display, and provide image retrieval of pathology, point of care ultrasound (POCUS), dental imaging, retinal imaging, and radiation oncologic imaging and treatment planning data.
• The system should be able to support cross-site collaboration, reading and reporting, and should be designed with a focus on human factors to optimize viewing efficiency.
• The system should be able to provide automated population of templated reports using DICOM SR and AI analysis.
• The system should be able to support the electronic transfer and reconciliation of electronic images and other records between VA and outside providers/institutions.
• The system should be able to provide a mechanism for multi-specialty conferences and tumor boards, and should be able to support remote review of cases with patients.