Imaging Centers of America

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How are Services Work?

Outsourcing

At ICA, we know that capital expenditures can prevent facilities from acquiring the technology they need. We know that the fate of many mammography operations hinges on a fine balance between quality care and operational costs. Perhaps most importantly, we know how difficult breast cancer is to detect.

ICA is changing all of that

We have merged computer-aided detection (CAD) technology and cutting-edge service into an extremely efficient process that produces revenue, reduces risk, and performs exceedingly accurate diagnoses.

Our R2 CAD system scans and digitizes mammography X-ray films to locate and highlight potentially cancerous abnormalities. This gives radiologists a valid and highly accurate ‘second opinion’ during X-ray interpretation. As a result, radiologists perform more accurate diagnoses and the risk of error in the overall mammography process drops sharply. Through ICA you’ll enjoy low operational costs and powerful benefits that help save lives and add to your facility’s bottom line.

Outsourced Solution

ICA is an outsource provider of CAD technology for Mammography. We created our company to make CAD available to MQSA sites that cannot justify the expense of purchasing the equipment themselves. We look forward to offering this service to your facility and your patients. Our main support program includes the development and implementation of an ICA-hosted R2 CAD system, where we host all the hardware and provide services from our facility. This essentially offsets the training and hardware overhead costs you would otherwise incur with an on-site system (though we offer that option as well).

Reliable Results

Our CAD system and support service is designed to provide reliable results, and ICA makes using CAD a painless procedure. We manage our program aggressively and offer reports and feedback to you on a regular basis.

Experienced Team

We believe that our organization offers many positive benefits regarding your selection of a medical technology vendor, including our expert management team, well-trained support specialists, and our commitment to seamless technology integration.

Top-notch Service & Technology

ICA’s top-notch service and R2 CAD technology benefits mammography facilities in three crucial areas of concern: detection accuracy, risk management, and profit margin.

Low-cost, Low-Risk Solution

The CAD program is low-cost and low-risk. It requires very little effort, training, or financial obligation to produce outstanding results. Better still, the technology is available right now. ICA can implement a program, custom-tailored to fit your particular organization, within one week.

Peace of Mind

CAD gives radiologists a ‘silent partner’ in the mammogram X-ray interpretation procedure, a little added security in these litigious times. Many facilities feel this technology is mandatory from a risk management standpoint.

Low Cost to Your Patients

The cost of operation of the R2 CAD system falls mainly in our hands: we maintain the hardware and software at our location, our staff handles the scanning process, and your costs comprise little more than the ICA service charge per patient – which is less than the Medicare technical reimbursement.

Other measurable benefits of using the ICA CAD solution include:

  • All ICA charges are inclusive per patient.
  • Since payment is on a per-patient basis, short-term trial period contracts allow hospitals to test our technology and services.
  • There are no hidden fees.
  • ICA offers informational brochures for you to display in your office/waiting room.

Bottom Line Improvement

The real beauty of our service is that it provides a tangible cost benefit to you, and it increases the overall effectiveness of your mammography department. ICA provides a valuable, cost-effective, and profitable service for your facility, your radiologist, and your patients.

Superior Technology – The CAD System

We use the CAD computer-aided detection system from R2. It has been approved by the FDA for both screening and diagnostic use. R2 is a sophisticated tool that uses pattern recognition to digitize and analyze mammogram X-ray films, highlighting areas of concern, calling attention to subtle tissue changes, and identifying potentially cancerous lesions that may otherwise escape the human eye.

Of course, the finest technology in the world means very little without the experience, knowledge, and discipline of a dedicated support team to back it up. Any authorized organization can sell technology, but excellent service is what makes solutions like ours deliver what they’re designed to deliver.

ICA’s proven ‘custom-tailored’ methods and outstanding support staff offer you the best of both worlds: A low-cost, low-risk program, a quick and painless implementation, and top-notch support.