Southern Regional
Medical Center (SRMC) has opened its second state-of-the-art cardiac
catheterization lab, bringing less delay for patients. The labs use
a totally filmless system that offers less delay for physicians reading
a cardiac catheterization. In labs that use film, patients have to
first wait for the film to print and then for the doctor to examine
it. Physicians at Southern Regional simply view the instantaneous
information on a computer, allowing patients to get faster results.
Southern Regional was the first hospital in Atlanta to go totally
filmless. "We're really proud to have a lab that is so technically
advanced, and our colleagues from around the world have come to see
it," says cardiology department director Pam Tallman. General
Electric Marquette is using the Southern Regional site as one of its
models to visitors from all over the United States and Europe.
