Clear Medical Imaging adopts Rho across its Ontario clinics
Windsor, Ontario. Clear Medical Imaging, one of the largest independent radiology providers in Ontario, partnered with 16 Bit to offer Rho to its patients, one of the first community imaging networks to adopt opportunistic bone density screening.
Clear Medical Imaging operates 13 community imaging centers across southwestern Ontario, performing more than 600,000 examinations a year for over 1,500 referring physicians. Under the partnership, Rho analyzes eligible X-rays as they are acquired and sends a Rho Report to PACS when a patient is likely to have low bone mineral density, so radiologists can include the finding in their report and prompt a bone health assessment.
Community imaging is where many X-rays in Ontario are taken (independent health facilities performed 46% of the province’s outpatient radiology services in 2010/11: Auditor General of Ontario, 2012), and where a bone health assessment is often not part of the visit. The deployment was the first to bring Rho to that setting at network scale.