Practice and department reports can be immediately compiled through the DxECHO® Query option. These reports include total cases/procedures for each physician or technician by date period selected, number of patients by referring physician, total cases by diagnosis or clinical indication, plus a variety of other summaries.

An optional DxECHO® Search program allows the user to search the patient database for demographic data, diagnostic statements and quantitative results. By simply selecting the desired criteria to create the target subgroup, the user can display the data in question or export it to an ASCII or Excel file.

Archiving can be provided through a range of devices including external USB hard drives to Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices or enterprise grade Storage Array Networks (SAN). Sites sometimes have their own backup solutions in place and DxECHO® networks easily integrate with these strategies. When archiving software is needed, DxECHO® normally recommends Veritas or equivalent software. Key features of archiving software include: DxECHO® Access image database management software allows storage and retrieval of images from the Network File Server or stand-alone DVD/CD/MO drives. Device level integration (no proprietary file systems) ensures seamless integration. User selectable cache system (dedicated, system disk partition, direct read/write to optical disk) allows optimal system performance

DxECHO® also provides real time communication links to all major ultrasound systems. These data links provide background transmission of patient demographic data, measurements, and comments from echo systems to DxECHO® servers. DxECHO®reports are auto-populated and the database is updated after the patient data is parsed. It should be emphasized that the data links are an electronic real-time communication facility. They are not an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technique, which is sometimes subject to errors.

Users may securely transfer images and reports to anyone to view on any PC. For example, users can read a study (either at the hospital or at home), make a diagnosis, and e-mail the study to a surgeon or referring physician, who could view it on any standard Windows PC, with no special or additional software. See the Remote mode section for more information on this comprehensive internet facility.

The security logon feature includes logging all unsuccessful login attempts. After 3 unsuccessful tries, the log on screen is closed and a message is written to the Failed Access file. The user name, date and time are included in this file. This prevents unauthorized users from successfully guessing passwords and puts a stop to automated dictionary attacks on user accounts.

The DxECHO® database utilizes the open architecture Microsoft 2012 database engine. Users may access the database directly for interfacing with other applications. The powerful SQL query structure is available for users in constructing their own reports and/or searches.

The DxECHO® export facility includes a “flat file” export (one row per study) of database subgroups. This export, which can be set as an ASCII or Excel format, is exceptionally convenient for research purposes.

DICOM is the imaging standard for multi-modality images (echocardiography, X-ray angiography, nuclear cardiology, OB/Gyn, radiology, etc.). DxECHO® systems are built on DICOM imaging standards both for network and media communication. Applications that utilize the DICOM standard can share images and image metadata with other applications.

HL-7 interfaces provide connectivity between applications for text and data exchange. DxECHO® utilizes HL-7 interfaces to provide real time communication with hospital information systems. HL-7 interfaces include ADT, Order in, Results out, and Billing.

A comprehensive export facility provides both automatic and explicit export of data in a variety of formats: ASCII (formatted and delimited), RTF, and PDF. Export files can be sent to pre-determined locations, upon pre-determined events (such as electronic signature), using user configurable file names. Special database export facilities are provided for Excel export and ASCII export using the DxECHO® Query function and an auto-formatting spreadsheet facility.

Once the physician has completed review of a study, he selects Electronic Signature, enters his password, and the report will be electronically signed. Distribution rules can be set so that the study is automatically sent through hospital distribution channels once a report is electronically signed.