Founded on June 4, 1936, the Instituto Oncológico Nacional is a hospital specialized in the treatment of cancer. A leader in research and prevention in Panama. The ION is in fact the reference institution in oncology. Their goal is to provide excellent medical, social, and family care to the entire Panamanian population. They rely on the support of the community, as well as their highly qualified and committed staff.

On August 1st, our Latin America Manager had the opportunity to visit this institute.

Here is her testimony: “During my trip to Panama, I was honored to visit the Instituto Oncológico Nacional, which is a reference center in Panama. In this public center, the doctors are very involved and busy with their many patients, who come from all over the country for treatment.

I am grateful for the precious time that part given by the medical team: 2 oncologists and 3 radio manipulators.

We were able to present our French know-how in mammography, through the introduction of Medecom and Med Mammo. The team showed its interest mainly for two aspects: multimodality and time saving. Indeed, they particularly appreciated the fact of being able, from the same station, to visualize all types of images to be detected, coming from several different manufacturers, and not only mammograms.

The access to different functionalities such as hanging protocols display, the integration of PRIOR exams when they exist for comparison purposes, the quick organization of printing according to the needs and expectations. All in all, the wide range of tools allow to optimize their workflow and make them more productive.

In addition, they wanted to know more about the tomosynthesis tool, which would allow them to be more efficient while having better management of their storage on the PACS. Indeed, the tomosynthesis module facilitates rapid reading and selection of images of interest that can only be archived for follow-up.

This exchange was very constructive, the professionals seemed convinced and happy to have attended this presentation of our solutions. A great moment of sharing, very formative and moving.

Léa MARCHADOUR

Latin America Export Manager at Medecom