SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirona Medical, a software company founded on a deep understanding of both the practice and business of radiology, today announced partnerships with radiology practices across the country to develop and bring to market its novel radiology operating system (RadOS). Sirona's collaboration with five leading national practices including California Advanced Imaging Medical Associates (CAIMA), Hackensack Radiology Group, Triad Radiology Group, among others, represents a major milestone for Sirona's mission to transform medical imaging. Together, these practices are responsible for nearly two percent of radiology reads in the United States, with an estimated total volume of 8.3 million studies across more than 100 facilities.

The growing shortage of radiologists and the increasing volume of diagnostic studies, coupled with shrinking reimbursement, have placed radiology practices under enormous pressure. Designed to unify fragmented radiology IT systems, Sirona's cloud-native platform aims to simplify workflow and boost the speed at which radiologists can read, diagnose, and report. The fully integrated Workspace, embedded with machine learning tools, allows radiologists to focus on the image and patient diagnosis rather than managing disparate technological components. This saves radiologists time and supports the delivery of high-quality reports, essential to practice referrals and reimbursements.

"It's clear that to deliver on the promise of AI, we need to start by rebuilding the IT infrastructure in radiology."
"Radiologists have a rare combination of medical and technical acumen, yet the technology provided to us thus far has only slowed us down, increasing opportunity for errors and in turn, decreasing our overall job satisfaction," said Jay Kaiser, MD, president, and medical director of CAIMA/North Orthopedic Imaging Associates (NOIA). "We're incredibly excited to partner with Sirona, help develop the RadOS platform, and implement a solution that we believe will revolutionize the practice of radiology as we know it today."

Sirona Medical was founded in 2018 to build a new kind of IT system for radiology – free of historical design limitations – that relieves the pressures radiologists face by unifying existing radiology IT applications, worklist, viewer, and reporter, into a single, radiologist-centric platform. In 2020, when the company captured $22.5M in Series A and A-1 financing it underscored the vast opportunities for cloud-based solutions and artificial intelligence to transform radiology. The funding round, led by 8VC, helped Sirona expand business operations.

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