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Case study: SANTAGOSTINO

Growth and Innovation with ZEEROmed Cloud Solutions
New Features – october 2024

 Having a fully Cloud-based solution has made things easier for us, allowing us to use the system freely and independently of physical servers.

– Andrea Codini,  Santagostino’s CTO.

THE CLIENT

Santagostino is a network of specialized outpatient clinics established in 2009, offering ambulatory care that also addresses patients’ relational needs, with a strong focus on technological innovation.

Since 2017, Santagostino has managed the storage and reporting of diagnostic imaging in its facilities with the ZEEROmed RIS PACS Cloud Solution. 

With its acquisition by UnipolSai in 2022, Santagostino aims to expand its presence nationwide, striving to become the leading provider of high-quality, non-hospital healthcare services in Italy

Santagostino
THE CHALLENGE :  The goal was to find a scalable solution that could support the company’s growth from a technological standpoint

THE CLOUD SOLUTION

Santagostino was one of the first healthcare organizations in Italy to adopt a fully Cloud-based RIS PACS system and has used the ZEEROmed solution in SaaS mode since 2017.
Over the years, Santagostino has migrated all imaging and reports, using ZEEROmed as a central repository for consolidating data.
DATA CENTRALIZATION
The result is a unified system that centralizes all patient visit information, sending it directly to their medical records, creating a fully integrated healthcare network.
The ZEEROmed BOX units are installed in the various clinics and act as gateways, managing the routing of exam data from local diagnostic systems to the Cloud infrastructure. This setup ensures secure data transfer across clinics, facilitating inter-site reporting by physicians.
SCALABILITY AND GROWTH
The company has experienced exceptional growth over the years. With the opening of new locations, the system has proven to be both scalable and adaptable to the evolving needs.
Santagostino now operates 41 locations and manages 300,000 exams annually across various specialties using the ZEEROmed Cloud solution.
Starting with a single low-field MRI in 2017, they now operate 8 high-field MRIs and over 100 ultrasound machines that send data to the ZEEROmed RIS PACS platform around the clock.

Andrea Codini, Santagostino’s CTO:

What has been essential for us is that the infrastructure established in 2018 has scaled with us through to 2024 without needing any foundational changes.
This was a real advantage as the systems were much faster, and we didn’t have to reinvent the wheel constantly.

BENEFITS FOR PHYSICIANS

ZEEROmed collects all images produced within the organization, allowing physicians to view only the types of images relevant to their specialization. This is critical for enabling doctors to  work more quickly and efficiently, without spending time searching for images, and to share them in real-time with colleagues through dedicated tools.

Sharing tool
My experience has been collaborating with a team that’s easy to work with. Once the system stabilized, O3 could manage everything.
The most important aspect is the flexibility of the tool. Over the years, we’ve requested numerous integrations, developments, and special connections using non-standard languages, and the support has been invaluable, especially for a constantly growing company like ours
Andrea Codini
Santagostino's CTO
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