synedra

synedra was started in Innsbruck in 2005 around one idea: a single platform to archive the data of every specialty in a hospital. The result is synedra AIM, which the company calls a Health Content Management Platform.

The PACS module sits on top of that platform. According to the vendor, it is approved as a Class IIb medical device and follows DICOM, HL7, FHIR and IHE profiles such as XDS.

Radiology on a content platform

synedra View Diagnostic is the radiologist workstation, with configurable hanging protocols, automatic preloading of prior exams and a case-discussion function. Images can be exported as JPEG and anonymised for conferences.

Because PACS shares its base with the vendor-neutral archive, video capture, scanning and the multiformat viewer, a hospital can start with radiology and later add departments without a second archive.

Standards and interfaces

The company says it integrates with all major RIS and HIS vendors, and it publishes a DICOM conformance statement and an IHE integration statement as PDFs. FHIR and a reporting module appear as separate product pages.

Size and footprint

The about page counts more than 80 employees and two subsidiaries, one in Germany and one in Switzerland (synedra Schweiz AG). The company describes itself as particularly successful in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

Limitations to Consider

No prices or deployment models are published on the pages checked, and the customer base the vendor describes is concentrated in the German-speaking region. A hospital elsewhere should ask about local integrators and support hours. If you want the smallest possible footprint, iQ IMAGE sells components rather than a platform.

Who Should Use synedra

Hospital groups and larger practices in German-speaking Europe that want imaging, video and scanned documents in one certified archive from an Austrian vendor.