Emageon grew out of research performed at the University of Alabama in Birmingham Medical Center in 1997. The core technology was commercialized in 2000 to provide the healthcare industry with key components designed to manage large volumes of medical images in a cost-effective and efficient manner. With its roots in standards-based image management and archiving, Emageon expanded its vision to encompass PACS plus the enterprise management, access and visualization of medical content across departments and specialties. In 2003 Emageon added native, advanced visualization capabilities and developed the Emageon Architecture. In 2005, Emageon acquired Camtronics Medical Systems and its family of cardiology products to add cardiac image and information management, further emphasizing Emageon's enterprise vision.

Emageon Solution

Emageon provides physicians and healthcare professionals with relevant multi-specialty tools through a dynamic user interface. Delivered through Emageon's Enterprise Platform, IDNs, hospitals and imaging facilities are able to deploy a functionality rich, standards-based technology that lowers total cost of ownership.

Emageon delivers value to its customers through its enterprise solution for digital medical content – images, waveforms, video, audio, document management, reports and other physician work products. It couples its advanced technology with a comprehensive set of customer success programs designed to achieve business results, including quicker care response, enhanced patient care, and improved productivity and reduced costs.

Its Enterprise Platform consists of high-performance, high-availability hardware and software which scale from individual imaging centers to the largest multi-hospital groups and integrated delivery networks (IDNs). Emageon's fast, native, Advanced Visualization software includes high-performance 2D and 3D imaging with high-end features such as multi-planar reformatting (MPR), fully integrated 3D volume and surface reconstruction, customizable hanging protocols, image fusion, automated linking, integrated dictation and multiple display support . It optimizes productivity for multiple specialties including Cardiology, Neurology, Orthopedics, Radiology, Surgery and others facing significant challenges with larger datasets and increasing volumes. For image-intensive areas such as ED and ICU, Emageon's solution provides specialty-appropriate tools to enhance the patient care episode.

Its Clinical Content Management and Clinical Workflow components are engineered to provide high-availability, real-time, integrated access to clinical content assets across the enterprise. Clinical content management and clinical workflow are based on DICOM, HL7 and JPEG2000 standards and follow the IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) technical framework to maximize interoperability and ensure consistent, reliable and collaborative updates of demographic and procedure information, movement among work queues and appropriate access control.