Case study
US Fertility, USA
Here are some common services offered by USF:
Fertility Assessments and Diagnosis:
Fertility centers offer comprehensive evaluations to determine the causes of infertility or reproductive issues. These assessments may involve medical history reviews, physical examinations, hormone tests, imaging studies, and other diagnostic procedures.
Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART):
Fertility centers are known for offering various ART procedures to help individuals and couples conceive. These can include in vitro fertilization (IVF), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), preimplantation genetic testing (PGT), egg freezing, and more.
Fertility Treatments:
Based on the diagnosis, fertility centers develop personalized treatment plans. These can include ovulation induction with medication, intrauterine insemination (IUI), and more advanced procedures like IVF.
Counseling and Support:
Infertility can be emotionally challenging. Many fertility centers provide counseling and support services to help individuals and couples cope with the emotional aspects of their fertility journey.
Egg and Sperm Donation:
Some fertility centers facilitate the process of egg and sperm donation, which can be a viable option for individuals or couples with certain fertility challenges.
Surrogacy Services:
Fertility centers may also assist with gestational surrogacy arrangements, where a surrogate mother carries a pregnancy for individuals or couples who cannot carry a pregnancy themselves.
Fertility Preservation:
Fertility centers may offer fertility preservation services for individuals who wish to preserve their fertility due to medical treatments, age, or other reasons. This can involve freezing eggs, sperm, or embryos for future use.
Education and Outreach:
Many fertility centers provide educational resources and outreach programs to raise awareness about reproductive health, family planning, and fertility treatment options.
US Fertility uses imaging techniques to diagnose and document the fertility status. In the past, they had been working with a home-grown PACS system to manage their medical image data. As USF’s center network continued to grow, the legacy software could not be scaled up accordingly and became unstable. So, they started looking for an alternative and a provider who could transfer their existing system into a highly scalable system as easily as possible.
This sounds relatively simple, but it was much more demanding than expected: Most examinations are carried out between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm. JPEG images must be automatically created for the information system from the incoming images, just as measurements must be automatically extracted. These can be automatically transferred from the PACS to the information system.
With IMAGE’s iQ-SYSTEM PACS product line, USF found a scalable solution which also allowed for easy import of the legacy data. Now, data of all centers will be retained in a data center on two separate instances in a high availability environment (HA). The PACS interoperates even directly with the USF Oracle database using ODBC to have a seamless integration.
Frank Caputo, Director of IT services, is happy that the data migration onto the new PACS went smoothly at all locations and that they can now enjoy working with a reliable solution with an uptime near 100%.
