Milwaukee, WI--Merge eMed, a Merge Healthcare company and a leading medical imaging software and services company, today announced the release of Fusion RIS Version 3.1. This version improves upon the strong foundation of Fusion RIS, now used as an integrated business and clinical workflow solution in more than 150 hospital-based and freestanding radiology imaging facilities.

Fusion RIS is a comprehensive, easy-to-use HIPAA-supportive Radiology Information System (RIS) designed with significant input from Merge eMed clients to replicate radiology workflow best practices. Version 3.1 further accelerates the solution's productivity capabilities, with a deepened feature set that is closely aligned with real-world needs of today's radiology practices. New in this version are:

* A new Call Center Scheduler module, which features a high-performing, keyboard-driven scheduling process with flexible block scheduling capabilities. Schedulers can create and save more appointments in less time, and offer more appointment options when setting up exams, thus improving both patient and referring physician satisfaction. The Call Center Scheduler was designed closely with strategic customers to provide the means of scheduling a patient appointment in 90 seconds or less.

* An updated Fusion Delivery Service which speeds processing and improves consistency for printing and faxing of patient reports. This upgraded capability reduces the burden on administrative support staff members, including IT, and improves customer service for referring practices. The Fusion Delivery Service was designed to deliver more than 6,000 fax and/or print jobs per day. Coupled with the Fusion Referring Practice Portal, this feature allows referring physicians to access patient reports within minutes.
* Mammography updates for compliance with the newest American College of Radiology CR BI-RADS standards, providing greater refinement of diagnosis and improved communications with patients and physicians.
* New Powerful RIS/PACS Configuration for accommodating film in a PACS environment, and providing greater flexibility for the radiologists' reading process by offering both "preferred" local study reading with the available access to Image Channel^TM streaming.

Ongoing customer feedback helped drive these enhancements and others, including newly expanded pre-certification workflow functionality to ensure consistent and accurate payments for performed procedures.

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