Agfa Gevaert : HealthCare obtains over 250 new Enterprise Imaging agreements
November 24, 2015 at 10:07 am EST
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Mortsel, Belgium/Greenville, SC
November 24, 2015 4:00 PM CET
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(RSNA 2015, Booth #1315, South Hall) Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, announces today that it has acquired over 250 new agreements for its innovative Enterprise Imaging solution since its launch. Agfa HealthCare's Enterprise Imaging solution enables caregivers to create, collaborate, exchange, and manage a comprehensive medical imaging record throughout the continuum of care.
Agfa HealthCare's Enterprise Imaging solution is an imaging informatics solution that automates task-based clinical productivity, for optimal total cost of ownership. This completely unified imaging platform provides a picture archiving and communication system (PACS), advanced image processing, appointment management, integration of clinical information and results reporting all in one sophisticated platform. The highly intuitive user interface delivers workflow efficiencies, while the single platform reduces complexity. Report consistency and turnaround time are improved with sectional reporting, and the solution is scalable to meet changing imaging needs.
New Enterprise Imaging agreements include imaging centers, community hospitals, university care centers and other health systems. Some leading institutions include: Southern Ohio Medical Center, OH, Nevada Regional Medical Center, MO, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, CA, Exeter Hospital, NH, Northwestern Medicine, IL, Birmingham Dental Hospital and School of Dentistry, UK, AZ Sint-Rembert Belgium, and CHIREC Institute, Belgium.
'It is clear that Agfa HealthCare's converged platform approach is gaining traction in the marketplace as an important contribution to the delivery of quality healthcare in the same way converged EMRs have. Agfa HealthCare has over the past twenty years, built its reputation on its innovative PACS solutions and, as we continue to innovate, we will assure that we maintain our strong position in the market, to the benefit of both our long term and our new customers,' states Lenny J. Reznik, Vice President of Marketing, North America, Agfa HealthCare.
Agfa-Gevaert NV is one of the world leaders in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of imaging systems and products. Net sales break down by sector of activity as follows:
- Radiology solutions (36.9%). Agfa-Gevaert NV supplies radiology departments of hospitals all over the world with traditional X-ray film, hardcopy film and printers, digital radiography equipment and image processing software. Agfa's roots are in traditional medical imaging, but in today's healthcare market, digital radiography has become the dominant technology. All Agfa's digital radiography systems are offered with the company's leading MUSICA image processing software and its MUSICA workstation for image identification, acquisition and quality control;
- Digital Print & Chemicals (35.6%). Agfa-Gevaert NV supplies sign & display printing companies with a range of highly productive and versatile wide-format inkjet printers and dedicated inks, in addition to workflow software, cutting machines and inkjet media. Agfa produces classic film-based products, such as film for non-destructive testing and aerial photography, as well as microfilm and film for the production of printed circuit boards;
- HealthCare IT (21.6%). Agfa-Gevaert NV offers Imaging IT Solutions (The Enterprise Imaging platform creates a true imaging record for every patient, containing all possible images of the patient, regardless of the department and the facility that created them), Hospital IT Solutions (the leading Hospital Information System /Clinical Information System ORBIS, connects medical departments and administrative departments of hospitals into one virtual network), and Integrated Care Solutions (these solutions support collaboration across the borders of care organizations and medical disciplines and enable hospitals to actively engage with all stakeholders in the expanded care process, including physicians, informal care-givers and patients) ;
- Offset solutions (5.9%). Agfa-Gevaert NV is a leading supplier to the printing industry, offering innovative and reliable solutions. Commercial, newspaper and packaging printers around the globe rely on Agfa for the most extensive range of integrated solutions, from computer-to-plate systems with digital offset plates over color management and workflow optimization software to pressroom chemicals.