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In early 2012, two NC firms, The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and Core Sound Imaging, conducted a medical mission project using the latest telemedicine technology to bring cardiovascular ultrasound to rural India.

GE Healthcare and Core Sound Imaging, Inc., a leading provider of web-based Picture Archiving Communication Systems (PACS) solutions, announced the signing of a global agreement to distribute Studycast – a cloud based ultrasound PACS and reporting solution. Through this agreement, GE’s Ultrasound business will act as a distributor of Studycast to GE ultrasound customers. The innovative Studycast offering is a powerful image storage, reporting and workflow solution for ultrasound, as well as nuclear medicine and other diagnostic systems.

Storing data in the cloud has become mainstream practice for the public and for corporations. It allows users to store and share pictures, music, documents on a remote server that can be accessed by any authorized person on any device with internet access. It's made a huge impact on our daily lives, and the technology hasn't been lost on those in the healthcare industry.

In a recent study sponsored by the Population Health Research Institute at McMaster University and funded by a grant-in-aid from Biosense Webster, a randomized trial showed that patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation who underwent pulmonary vein isolation with radiofrequency ablation had a significantly lower risk of a first recurrence of atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, or atrial tachyarrhythmia compared to drug therapy.

The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) released their Spring/Summer newsletter recently and it featured the story about Studycast being used to help a record-setting medical mission project in India.