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Serving more than 1.7 million subscribers, ADVANCE Newsmagazines provides news, career guidance, product information, CE opportunities and job listings to nursing and allied healthcare professionals nationwide. A collaboration of 27 award-winning publications, Web sites and regional job fairs, ADVANCE is the number one career resource for today's healthcare professionals. ADVANCE for Health Information Executives specializes in coverage of emerging technologies and issues important to CEOs, CIOs and senior-level IT executives. Each issue features articles written by leading health care executives discussing practical solutions and strategies for top-priority information systems challenges. ADVANCE for Imaging and Oncology Administrators features the latest business/management trends and technical innovations affecting medical imaging, oncology and cardiovascular care. From coding charges, to merging modalities, to new accreditation programs, ADVANCE leads the way with practical information on how to run an efficient, cost-effective department. Stop by the Press Table for your FREE copy of ADVANCE. AFC Industries Inc. AFC Industries offers a wide range of attractive, thoughtfully designed ergonomic furniture that sets the pace of the medical industry with its advanced design. A recognized leader in furniture for medical, and a full spectrum of technology applications, AFC offers a broad selection of workstations, carts and racking systems to suit almost every use and physical space. Leaders in the medical, computing, electronic fields and more rely on AFC for its uncompromising quality, as do wide range of companies from coast to coast concerned with the comfort and productivity of their employees. Can the right computer cart boost your business? AFC believes that a well-planned physical work environment can play a vital role in helping companies take full advantage of today's most valuable resources — talent, technology and time. Ongoing research in ergonomics testifies to the importance of a well-designed work environment. Dedicated to helping customers in hospitals and laboratories achieve this goal, AFC Industries' mission is to create high-quality furniture to enhance human performance, comfort and satisfaction in a fast-paced, high-tech modern work environment. AFC is committed to meeting this goal while offering excellent value as well as customer service and satisfaction. Agfa HealthCare Agfa is a global leader in healthcare technology. One of every two hospitals worldwide uses an Agfa solution. Agfa's vendor-neutral open architecture and scalable solutions result in higher productivity and controlled outcomes allowing healthcare providers to achieve better patient care. Agfa is a leader in image management solutions and is expanding into comprehensive solutions for medical, business management and administrative needs in hospitals and other health-care facilities. AMICAS, Inc. AMICAS, Inc. (www.amicas.com) is a leader in radiology and medical image and information management solutions. The AMICAS Vision Series™ products provide a complete, end-to-end solution for imaging centers, ambulatory care facilities, and radiology practices. Acute care and hospital clients are provided a fully-integrated HIS/RIS-independent PACS, featuring advanced enterprise workflow support and scalable design. Complementing the Vision Series product family is AMICAS Insight Services™, a set of client-centered professional and consulting services that assist our customers with a well-planned transition to a digital enterprise. Aperio Technologies, Inc. Aperio Technologies is a worldwide leader in virtual microscopy. Our award-winding ScanScope® scanners and Digital Slide Information Management Software deliver integrated digital slide creation, viewing, management, and analysis capabilities to pathologists. ScanScope Systems allow pathologists to do away with the limitations imposed by dependence on glass microscope slides. ScanScope Systems scan large quantities of slides with unsurpassed speed and quality, while also providing integrated management and analysis tools that unlock the full potential of virtual microscopy. The ScanScope System overcomes the physical constraints of glass slides, enabling pathologists to improve their diagnostic services with faster, more accurate and more in-depth interpretations. Archival and retrieval, education, quality assurance, frozen section interpretations, secondary consultations, and entire-slide image analysis are all more efficient and effective with the ScanScope System. Applications include education, tissue microarrays, toxicology pathology, telepathology, image analysis and workflow systems (PACS). Our freely downloadable ImageScope™ viewer makes digital slides accessible anywhere, anytime. With headquarters in Vista, California, Aperio serves a global pathology market in clinical, research, and eudcation disciplines. For more information about our company and solutions and to view a gallery of digital slides created by our ScanScope Systems, visit us at www.aperio.com. Apollo Telemedicine, Inc. Apollo is a critical part of a modern laboratory information system. Digital Pathology Imaging is now a central component of the standard of care in laboratory and pathology practice. Apollo is the leader in digital pathology imaging solutions and is an innovator in developing new products that enhance a pathologist's ability to accurately and quickly diagnose disease. Archivas, Inc. Based in Waltham, MA, Archivas, Inc. software lets customers store, protect and manage fixed-content data in the most open and operationally efficient online environment available on the market today, in order to meet both internal governance, as well as external compliance regulations. The Archivas Cluster (ArC) simultaneously addresses the need for immediate access to archive data while lowering the total cost of ownership. Aspyra Aspyra is a global provider of clinical and diagnostic information solutions for the healthcare industry. We have over 35 years of industry experience, specializing in enterprise-wide systems for hospitals, multi-specialty clinics, clinical laboratories, imaging departments and centers, orthopedic environments and pharmacies. Our highly scalable products may be installed as standalone or integrated to provide a single-vendor solution. Avreo, Inc. Avreo's mission is to provide its customers with an advanced set of tools and services that work together to provide a complete solution, that is easy to use and maintain. The company is comprised of a group of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Our seasoned management team is composed of experienced staff from the healthcare and high-tech sectors. Through secure log in procedures our technical support team can troubleshoot problems, provide web applications, and provide updates and upgrades all remotely via the web. Our Technical Support Team is available 25 hours a day, 7 days a week. Designed as the first complete solution for radiology, interworks encompasses all the features a busy practice needs to operate efficiently. Information systems, image storage and distribution, scheduling and transcription; all items that until now required separate software and separate vendors are now bundled into one easy to operate solution. Interworks is composed of a powerful family of products and services. Depending on the needs of your practice various configurations of interworks product line can be installed to deliver the system you require. Secure, scalable and hosted via the Internet, interworks will reduce operating costs and improve workflow. Barco Barco understands the challenges that medical imaging is facing today. Whether you are a healthcare professional, a QA administrator or an OEM developer, Barco has the know-how to provide you with the highest quality medical imaging solutions. Barco has established a solid reputation in the medical imaging market by providing high-performance visualization technology for X-ray, digital radiography, digital mammography, ultrasound, magnetic resonance, computer tomography, PACS and 3D imaging applications. Its full line of color and grayscale displays, display controllers, radiology display systems, medical grade projectors, QA tools and Voxar medical imaging software facilitates confident diagnoses and overcomes the traditional constraints of conventional 2D and 3D workstations. Barco's expertise is supported by a worldwide network of research, development and support services. A global sales organization, with regional support people who understand your language and requirements, complements Barco's partnership approach. BRIT Systems, Inc. BRIT Systems is a leading technology company that provides custom, turnkey solutions for PACS and teleradiology applications. BRIT's open architecture systems are built around the DICOM-3 standard using the best-of-breed commercial off-the-shelf hardware and our industry-specific applications, making our mission-critical solutions flexible, readily upgradeable, scaleable, and easy to integrate and reasonably priced. BRIT solutions have been designed in conjunction with radiologists, clinicians, medical physicists and computer scientists with the desire to combine high performance with rich functionality and ease-of-use, all in an environment that is available 24 x 7. BRIT supplies everything a department needs for the acquisition, transmission, storage and viewing of medical images, including HIPAA-compliant DICOM Servers and Archives. Diagnostic and Referral Viewing Workstations, Film Digitizers, Frame Grabbers and Web Servers. BRIT also offers eRadFiles, a series of ASP services for long-term data storage and remote web access to medical images and reports. These ASP services allow our client to focus on the delivery of their radiological services without the need to build expertise on the backend support technologies. BRIT's customers include DoD and VA hospitals, teaching institutions, hospital and clinics of all sizes, radiology groups and mobile service organizations. Bycast, Inc. Bycast is the leading provider of grid-powered fixed-content storage solutions for the healthcare industry. Both IBM and Hewlett-Packard deliver fixed-content storage solutions for healthcare based on Bycast StorageGRID software. Healthcare providers can leverage Bycast software solutions to securely store and efficiently transmit diagnostic images and documents within the enterprise or across multi-site facilities. Bycast StorageGRID solutions combine the power of grid computing with intelligent Information Lifecycle Management to optimize the storage, speed the access and simplify the transmission of large volumes (petabytes) of fixed-content data. Our storage solutions deliver dramatic cost savings, HIPAA compliance and assure business continuity. Bycast solutions have been deployed at leading healthcare institutions including Banner Health, Mercy Miami, Department of Veterans Affairs and the BC Cancer Agency. For additional information about Bycast, please visit our website at www.bycast.com. CoActiv Medical Business Solutions CoActive offers a complete line of PACS, tele-radiology and DICOM utilities through EXAM-PACS® – an all-inclusive and affordable, enterprise PACS solution. EXAM-PACS is renowned for its high-performance, simplicity of design and intuitive user interfaces. EXAM-PACS is especially suited for multi-site facilities where exams are both acquired and read at various locations, requiring maximum speed, flexibility and accuracy. All systems include 7x24x365 on-line, software and hardware monitoring to ensure optimum function and performance. A typical EXAM-PACS installation costs about 1/3 to 1/2 the cost of most other PACS systems. EXAM-PACS is made up of modular components which are also available separately as add-on enhancements to an existing PACS or directly to DICOM modalities. The CoActiv EXAM-PACS suite of applications includes: EXAM-Vault® - a "Quad-Redundant" archiving service where exams are saved in four locations, three of which are immediately available on-line and one that is saved on secure removable digital media. On-site and off-site archiving, 100% SLA. EXAM-Sender® Referring Physician System – an exam distribution system that automatically places exams on a referring doctor's office computer system in a background mode. This system is 100% HIPAA compliant and 100% secure. EXAM-Filer® CD Burning Solution – an automatic, robotic CD burning system – enabling unattended use.
Commissure Commissure is a leading provider of medical documentation and communication solutions. The Commissure team brings together decades of experience with hundreds of healthcare institutions worldwide, dozens of leading industry vendors, and all key healthcare standardization committees. Our products and services drive efficiencies in information management through innovative structured speech recognition technology that closes the loop on the creation and communication of medical documentation. Our goal is to help clients achieve dramatic productivity gains and cost savings through more efficient creation, management and `encounter sensitive´ timely access of important clinical information. With robust software solutions for radiologists and clinicans, Commissure is closing the loop on accurate and timely documentation and communication between medical professionals. RadWhere™ Suite is designed to dramatically improve the work efficiency of radiologists by enhancing the critical areas of speech recognition reporting, ICD-9 coding, enterprise teleradiology, quality assurance, and critical findings communication. RadPort™ Suite supports clinicians by aiding them in such areas as decision support, order entry and multimedia results viewing. At Commissure, we understand the problems that plague the medical communication industry. Our ground-breaking technologies are aimed at solving those problems and closing the loop on medical documentation. At Commissure, we are connecting a culture of innovation. Decisions in Imaging Economics The mission of Decisions in Imaging Economics is to address the development, diffusion, acquisition, and utilization of imaging technology, including equipment, devices, and pharmaceuticals, in a provocative high-level format directed by an editorial advisory board of widely esteemed radiologists, administrators, health care executives, and a leading health care economist. DeJarnette Research Systems, Inc. As a world leader in medical imaging interface technology, DeJarnette Research Systems engineers and manufactures some of the industry's most advanced PACS, teleradiology, and workflow solutions. DeJarnette was one of the first companies devoted to PACS and image management, and PACS remains the company's only business to this day. By maintaining a reputation for innovation in engineering and excellence in customer service, DeJarnette has built a large healthcare customer base worldwide. Dedicated to increasing the efficiency of image management workflow, DeJarnette's PACS workflow solutions iclude several exciting products: dyseCT automatically separates multi-procedure CT studies and associates the studies with their appropriate order before sending them to PACS; Intelligent Router routes studies and their priors to third party radiology services and across enterprises with disparate PACS; PACSware® QC provides automatic and manual matching of studies with RIS orders; our PACSware® migration toolkit migrates data from legacy archives with the capability to modify the data to meet the requirements of the new PACS. Founded in 1985 in Towson, Maryland, DeJarnette's dependable service support, available 24 hours a day, is a direct result of our commitment to customer satisfaction and our desire to improve healthcare efficiency through new product innovation. Diagnostic Imaging Diagnostic Imaging magazine delivers global reporting on the spectrum of clinical, technical, commercial, economic and legislative issues that directly impact radiologists and other imaging professionals. In addition to daily updates on breaking news, diagnosticimaging.com hosts special events such as webcasts, PACSweb and other technology-specific webzines, and online symposia and interactive events. Diagnostic Imaging also produces a range of business-related news products, such as the SCAN newsletter and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Industry quarterly report, as well as market research studies on PACS and various modality market segments. Hospitals and imaging centers market their services to referring physicians with the Magnetic Resonance Update and Discussions in PET Imaging newsletters. DR Systems, Inc. DR Systems is the leading independent provider of film-free medical imaging and paperless information systems for diagnostic imaging centers and hospital. For 13 years, DR Systems has helped over 250 customers improve the management of patient information, eliminate film costs, increase the speed of the workflow process, and expand their happy referring physician base, all while providing greater clinical quality and patient care. Workflow innovations such as patented automated hanging protocols – the presentation of images, tools, and worklists based on the individual preferences of the reader – make the DR Systems RIS/PACS uniquely efficient. With a modular design scalable for growth, DR Systems RIS/PACS can handle current and future medical image and information management needs. DR Systems' complete implementation and extensive user training allows customers to rapidly achieve financial and clinical success. DR Systems has been recently rated the #1 PACS vendor by MD Buyline in their April 2005 Intelligence Report; ranked #2 by KLAS in their 2004 Top 20 Year End Best in KLAS Community Clinical and Ancillary Solutions Report, and ranked #3 in their 2004 Top 20 Year End Best in KLAS Acute Care Report. Dynamic Imaging Since 1991, Dynamic Imaging has been on the forefront of image and information management, bringing affordable filmless and paperless radiology to all members of the imaging community. Dynamic Imaging continues to set new standards through our innovative Web-based architecture, industry-leading PACS and unified RIS/PACS applications, and state-of-the-art workflow tools for all care settings. With over 300 installations, our customers include academic and community-based acute health care institutions, integrated delivery networks, and imaging centers and radiology group practices of all sizes. For more information about Dynamic Imaging and its products and services, call 1-888-303-PACS or visit www.dynamic-imaging.com. Eastman Kodak Company Kodak Radiology Suite — Kodak's Radiology Suite is a highly customizable RIS/PACS workflow solution that automates the various elements of the diagnostic exam process, including exam requests/orders and scheduling, dictation, transcription, reporting, results distribution and billing support. A synchronized desktop environment simplifies interpretation and supports an efficicent, high quality, and well communicated diagnosis to the point of care. The Radiology Suite also facilitates easy storage, retrieval and distribution of a patient's entire radiology record. Kodak has installed PACS at over 400 facilities worldwide, and offers CR and DR solutions to fit nearly every digital x-ray application. Kodak Carestream Information Management Solutions — Flexible and intelligent, Carestream Information Management Solutions address the problems created by the explosion of data generated throughout the healthcare environment and the disparate departmental islands on which this information has traditionally been archived. These solutions are powered by VIParchive, Kodak's revolutionary storage management software platform which can accommodate both DICOM and other information distributed across multiple sites, storage platforms and architectures associated with clinical and back office systems. VIParchive provides storage virtualization and supports automated, information lifecycle management (ILM) through execution of configurable VIParchive Storage Plans that uniquely manage data based on its attributes. Kodak Carestream Information Solutions ensure data access performance, long-term preservation and enable storage consolidation to occur. This portfolio enables departmental, enterprise, or regional ILM solutions that can be customer owned or hosted by Kodak. Today customers worldwide – from diagnostic imaging centers to regional healthcare networks – have chosen to use our Carestream solutions to successfully manage information to meet their operational challenges. Eizo Nanao Technologies Inc. RadiForce Medical Display Solutions include a wide range of 1, 2, 3 and 5 megapixel monochrome and color LCD monitors – a line up which takes into account all medical institutions' needs for different types of monitors with different performance capabilities. Available in various sizes and configurations, they provide the versatility to carry out multiple imaging tasks, as well as the consistent, stable image quality required for confident and accurate diagnosis. Along with their quality control software, RadiCS, and hospital-wide network QC management software, RadiNet, RadiForce Medical Displays offer the highest level of quality control and asset management for medical institutions. Each of the Radiforce monitors is ideal for a specific medical imaging modality like CT, MRI, 3D Image rendering, or mammography. RadiForce monitors are all DICOM compliant and are approved by the FDA for accurate diagnosis. With back office monitor solutions also available, Eizo is your one-stop shop for all your imaging needs. Emageon Emageon provides an enterprise-level advanced visualization and infrastructure solution for the clinical analysis and management of digital medical images within multi-hospital networks, community hospitals and diagnostic imaging centers. Its web-enabled software provides physicians in multiple medical specialties with dynamic tools to manipulate and analyze images in two and three dimensions. With these tools, physicians have the ability to better understand internal anatomic structure and pathology, which can improve clinical diagnoses, disease screening and therapy planning. Emageon's open standards-based solution is designed to help customers improve staff productivity, automate complex medical imaging workflow, lower total cost of ownership and provide better service to physicians and patients. EMC Corporation EMC Corporation is the world leader in information storage systems, software, networks, and services and the only company 100% dedicated to automated networked storage. EMC Healthcare Solutions allow healthcare providers to extend unique, automated, on-line solutions across their enterprise to support clinical decision-making, HIPAA regulatory compliance, reduce costs and improve patient safety. Our healthcare solutions improve the speed of diagnosing patients, so treatment decisions can be made faster with improved quality and the business of healthcare can be delivered 24 x 7. EMC provides solutions for PACS, the EPR, Regulatory Compliance – HIPAA, Enterprise Consolidation, and Business Continuity among others. EMC Automated Networked Storage combines SAN, NAS, and CAS environments into an integrated networked storage infrastructure. It unifies networked storage technologies, storage platforms, software, and services to enable organizations to better and more cost-effectively manage, protect and share information. EMC partners with the leading PACS and EPR application providers and leading consulting and SI firms to deliver solutions that allow healthcare organizations of all sizes to leverage storage investments across multiple applications to provide true clinical and patient information into the hands that care. For additional information about EMC Healthcare Solutions visit our website at www.emc.com/healthcare.
eRAD/ImageMedical eRAD/ImageMedical's web-enabled PracticeBuilder1-2-3™ suite of image management products and services are used to securely transport and view medical images over your Intranet and/or over the Internet. The system is scalable from enterprise-wide PACS to lighweight teleradiology, has a built-in HL7 interface, and supports both on- and off-site storage. A single GUI for diagnostic clinical review and referring physician applications increases productivity and enhances workflow while reducing costs. The system uses open systems architecture and "off-the-shelf" components, adheres to open standards, supports DICOM voice files, powerful hanging protocols and scalable archiving. PracticeBuilder1-2-3™ integrates image management with workflow tools for hospitals, clinics, imaging centers and physician practices. eRAD/ImageMedical has built an extraordinary level of functionality, security, fault tolerance and resiliency into its system. eRAD, Inc. was founded in 1999 in Allentown, PA and later merged with Image Medical Corporation whose roots are in the Silicon Valley. Currently, there are over 85 installed sites across the U.S. eRAD/ImageMedical formed a strategic alliance with Misys Healthcare Systems® providing an integrated RIS/PACS solution. Foresight Imaging Foresight Imaging offers the TIMS DICOM System, the PACS connectivity solution. The TIMS DICOM System acquires from any non-DICOM medical modality and converts to DICOM. The resulting DICOM study can then be sent to any PACS, recorded to CD/DVD, or printed to a DICOM or Windows printer. The TIMS Consultant, included with each TIMS DICOM System, allows live, remote viewing of the study by a consulting physician. By converting their non-DICOM modalities to DICOM, hospitals can save hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in new modality costs. For only $13,995 to $16,995 including onsite installation and training, hospitals can upgrade any of their non-DICOM modalities to DICOM, and be fully leveraging their PACS. FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA Synapse® PACS – Synapse is a true next generation PACS, and offers numerous architectural advantages with a unique technology platform that includes: On Demand Information Access; Cascadable™ Architecture; Integrated Web Technology; and a Consistent Desktop User Interface. Synapse provides performance improvement to the healthcare enterprise through some unique benefits to the radiology department.
Synapse is installed in more than 250 facilities across the U.S. GE Healthcare At PACS 2006, GE Healthcare will be featuring its advanced Centricity solutions which provide Enterprise Image Management through a single platform architecture for managing both radiology and cardiology images across a network. GE Healthcare will showcase both Centricity RIS/PACS (formerly known as Imagecast RIS) and Centricity cardiology workstations in addition to a unified web distribution client. GE Healthcare's expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, such as Centricity RIS/PACS, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, disease research, drug discovery and biopharmaceuticals is dedicated to detecting disease earlier and tailoring treatment for individual patients. GE Healthcare offers a broad range of services to improve productivity in healthcare and enable healthcare providers to better diagnose, treat and manage patients with conditions such as cancer, Alzheimer's and cardiovascular diseases. GE Healthcare is a $15 billion unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide GE Healthcare employs more than 43,000 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our website at www.gehealthcare.com. Health Imaging & IT Reaching more than 25,000 radiologists, cardiologists, radiation oncologists and healthcare information technology professionals every month, Health Imaging & IT is the one magazine connecting images and information across the healthcare enterprise. HP HP provides innovative technology, IT services and partnerships to enable healthcare organizations to improve the quality of care they deliver. HP servers, storage and services enable healthcare organizations investing in Medical Imaging and PACS Solutions to meet the growing demand for fast, scalable, secure access to diagnostic images, reports and exam results throughout the healthcare enterprise. At PACS 2006, HP will be showcasing the HP Medical Archive Solution. The HP Medical Archiving Solution delivers a scalable, reliable and cost-effective solution for the long-term storage of fixed-content data. Fixed-content is data that once created does not change including diagnostic images and lab results. This grid-powered storage solution supports open standards to enable integration with leading healthcare applications including PACS systgems. HP Medical Archiving Solutions allow healthcare organizations to address key IT challenges such as high-availability, hardware obsolescence, business continuity and HIPAA compliance. IBM Healthcare and Life Sciences Medical imaging solutions from IBM Healthcare and Life Sciences provide complementary, integrated solutions for information management across the healthcare enterprise. Together with business partners, IBM provides solutions that complement diagnostic imaging, radiology information systems, enterprise storage management, workflow management/middleware, clinical development, and high performance and grid computing. Please join us at PACS 2006 to view our IBM Solutions.
IMPAC Medical Systems IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc., a company in the Elekta Group, provides healthcare IT solutions that streamline clinical and business operations across the spectrum of cancer care. IMPAC's open integration to multiple healthcare data and imaging systems offers oncology-specific patient charting and practice management, as well as best-of-breed systems for anatomic pathology, clinical laboratory, and cancer registry. With products that range from diagnosis and treatment through long-term follow-up, IMPAC provides a comprehensive oncology management solution that helps improve overall communication, process efficiency, and quality patient care. For more information about IMPAC's products or services, please call 888-GO-IMPAC or visit www.impac.com. InSiteOne, Inc. InSiteOne, Inc. is the leading medical imaging archiving specialist. Its powerful, versatile suite of InDex® services combine on-and-off site storage with built-in disaster recovery, web view and data migration services to create solutions integrating with any PACS, hospital network and digital modality via DICOM standard to provide fast access to both images and related medical data. IT support, geographically dispersed mirrored archiving tier-4 deep storage data centers and a one-time fee per study pricing model, InSiteOne delivers advanced, affordable storage to keep pace with a site's evolving needs. Intel Corporation Through its technical strength, global presence, strategic alliances and industry scaling, Intel is striving to help improve healthcare worldwide by using technology to improve patient health and safety, securely manage patient information, decrease costs and improve efficiency of healthcare delivery. Intel's Digital Healthcare Group focuses on the use of technology to empower people to manage their own health, empower providers to deliver the highest quality of care, reduce healthcare costs, and extend the reach of care. Major areas of focus include healthcare IT, biomedical and life sciences, personal health platforms, policy and standards, health research and innovation, and strategy and platform development. The field of medical imaging is undergoing rapid changes that are forcing shifts in the imaging workflow paradigm. The advancements in information and imaging technologies, the acceptance of and transition to filmless media, and the resulting challenges to the analysis of these exploding data have driven the proliferation of PACS solutions. And as standard methods for interfacing with PACS have been adopted, innovative products have been developed to improve the productivity, precision, and accuracy of image analysis. Intel will foster further advancements in medical imaging technology by leading the development of solutions to reliably and securely process, transmit, store, view, and analyze image data. Intuitive Imaging Informatics, LLC One of the pioneers of digital imaging, Los Angeles-based Intuitive Imaging Informatics, LLC, I3, has been in business for 18 years. We offer an integrated medical imaging solution composed of our Rational Imaging PACS and our Web-based, enterprise distribution device, the ImageQube. Both products are fully HIPAA compliant, and are independently interoperable with other standards-based PACS components. A privately held company, I3 offers afforability, scalability, and customization for its clients. Intuitive Imaging's technologies are found in early 300 hospitals and outpatient imaging centers nationally and internationally. McKesson Provider Technologies McKesson offers Horizon Radiology™, an integrated RIS/PACS solution that combines reporting and scheduling with anytime, anywhere access to the complete patient record. Horizon Radiology improves department workflow by eliminating steps and increasing the speed of the entire diagnostic process, from ordering a procedure to distributing reports to the referring physician. Horizon Radiology comprises Web-based Horizon Radiology Manager™ and the industry-leading Horizon Medical Imaging™ PACS solution. McKesson will showcase Horizon Radiology at PACS 2006, highlighting the RIS/PACS solution's ability to help radiologists and referring physicians keep pace with the constant advance of diagnostic technologies. The system's Horizon Rad Station™ viewing platform incorporates exclusive image management technologies such as adaptive image loading in its innovative design. Horizon Rad Station provides immediate access to any image in a study, even for new CT and MR multi-slice studies that may contain thousands of images. The simple, efficient user interface enables radiologists to focus on their primary responsibility: reading images and providing diagnoses as quickly and efficiently as possible. Misys Healthcare Systems Misys Healthcare Systems will feature the advanced Misys Image Management™ (PACS) and Misys Radiology™ (RIS) products. These solutions provide Enterprise Image Management of radiology images across a network. Misys Image Management, powered by eRAD™ technology, delivers, manages and stores medical images, reports and associated data throughout the healthcare enterprise. Misys will showcase out solutions withinin our workflow theater to show extensive integration with any PACS and our RIS. Misys Healthcare Systems, one of the top five healthcare IT companies in North America, develops and supports reliable, easy-to-use software and services of exceptional quality that enable physicians and caregivers to more easily manage the complexities of healthcare. With more than 25 years of industry experience, Misys serves over 92,000 physicians in 18,000 practice locations, 1,250 hospitals, 600 home care providers and hundreds of commercial laboratories, clinics, managed services and related organizations. Misys' family of leading clinical products and Web-based technologies – Misys Optimum™ solutions – are designed from the ground up to share patient data across all medical care settings. Visit www.misyshealthcare.com. MTS Delft MTS Delft is a healthcare infomatics solution provider that offers product and integration services for the medical imaging community. This includes Medical Imaging Workflow Management Solutions (MIWMS), Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS), Radiological Information Systems (RIS), and Enterprise Electronic Health Records (EHR). Our suite of products, services and business processes provide our clients end-to-end automated diagnostic imaging storage, retrieval, workflow and reporting systems to enable fully integrated operations. These products, represent leading edge technology components and software that are easy to integrate, scaleable and affordable. MTS Delft is the US provider of the Netherlands-based Rogan Delft PACS solution. Rogan Delft products are "open systems based," easy-to-interface systems. They are based on industry standards, to ensure that they operate in multi-vendor and multi-modality imaging environments. Rogan Delft is a PACS developer for over 18 years and inventor of the "Everything On-Line," "Multiple Archive Storage Servers" MASS and "Redundant Array of Inexpensive Server" RAIS concepts. Rogan's products are being used by customers in the USA, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Rogan-Delft follows the IHE and HIPAA initiative in its product development, and has integrated several profiles of the IHE on its OnLine product suite. National Display Systems National Display Systems designs and manufactures technology leading Flat Panel AM-LCD's for the medical market covering a broad spectrum of requirements including radiographic softcopy (PACS), Patient Monitors and Minimally Invasive Surgery in Class 1 Medical Grade enclosures. National Display Systems AXIS Series of radiological displays are available in 1, 2, 3 and 5 Megapixel with factory DICOM calibration built into the display with luminance stability controlled by Intelli-Guard, a combination of luminance and thermal stabilization for long-term accuracy. The AXIS Series provides additional flexibility to primary reading environments with six factory preset calibration ranges (luminance and contrast ratio) plus one user definable to match ambient reading conditions without the need for a photometer. The built-in DICOM reference table is part of the panel and permits the AXIS Series to function with multiple graphic cards and bet set to any of the seven response settings within seconds. All AXIS displays can be moved between workstations without moving the graphics card or recalibrating the system. The PrimeVue™ color series includes 1.3, 2 and 3 Megapixel formats with built-in DICOM calibration curves to control luminance response and color temperature at 6500Kelvin for a neutral grayscale appearance. The PrimeVue™ incorporates Intelli-Guard with the same benefits as on the AXIS Series and connectivity to Integrity QC network software. Integrity makes the status of each individual display immediately available on a server with nineteen operating attributes being logged with customized setup features to show only those items desired. Alerts and changes requiring immediate attention and the ability to lock out user manipulation of calibration settings protect against unauthorized changes. Integrity utilizes simple network protocols and runs in the background. Integirty includes MD-Cal on each client so that TG18 test images are available along with calibration/verification functions. To learn more about National Display Systems and our complete product offerings, please visit our website at www.nationaldisplay.com. NovaRad Corporation NovaRad Corporation has been selling its top-rated NovaPACS since 2001. It has been installed in over 90 facilities since that time and continues to be installed at record pace. NovaPACS 6.0 includes on-site, 7-year RAID level 5 archive, redundant archive, and off-site emergency back-up archive. It includes feature rich, fast, Radiologist Workstations, Clinical Workstations, Web Server, Patient CD, Paper Scan, Modality Worklist and easy HL7 Interface. It also includes optional Cardio Workstations, Orthopedic Templates and Trauma Tools, RIS and Image Capture. But, best of all, NovaPACS is affordable and is sold on a service contract plan that makes it easy to ROI in less than 6 months. See www.novapacs.com or call 877-668-2723 for more information. Site visits are available at any of the NovaPACS current sites where the observer can see filmless, paperless, and efficient radiology departments and imaging centers which rely on NovaPACS technology. CR, DR and film digitizing is also available from NovaRad. OpenMed Technologies Corp. OpenMed develops, markets and supports platform-independent, Internet-enabled clinical information and medical image management software solutions. It is more than just PACS. All relevant and useful images are available at the point of care. OpenMed systems capture, display, manipulate, combine and distribute images, sounds, text and scanned documents as individual patient records fully integrated into the MEDITECH and Misys healthcare information system or function as a stand-alone distributed electronic medical record system. OpenMed provides all imaging results — both interpretation reports and images — accessible to clinicians at the point of care through a single workstation. This imaging environment enables the clinician to construct a patient-centered view of clinical information such as rqadiology studies, laboratory results and images of scanned paper documents such as consult reports, results from outside laboratories, and records from other hospitals. OpenMed integrates the enterprise digital images into a hospital's computerized patient record (CPR) where a clinician can use a workstation or the Internet to access all of a patient's clinical information and images. This allows the clinician to make critical patient-care decisions in a timely fashion, and reduces the number of disparte systems within the health care delivery organization. OTech Inc. OTech is a healthcare technology training and consulting firm specializing in PACS. We offer a unique, dedicated PACS Systems Administrators training providing a blended learning environment with the use of our books, computer-based training, and face-to-face lectures. This training also includes a hands-on component on connectivity and image quallity, several domain-expert guest speakers, and a hospital/PACS visit. Other products include books on the subjects of PACS, DICOM, HL7 and e-learning packages that combine our books with self-study CD's or on-line courses which allow current and future users to teach themselves about PACS. We have troubleshooting software to evaluate PACS connectivity issues. On- and off-site classes on the subjects of PACS, DICOM, HL7, IHE and security are offered on a regular basis. Our PACS 2006 exhibit will allow you to peruse our books, get an idea of our PACS e-learning classes and allow you to talk with our instructors to answer any questions you might have. A limited supply of books and CD's will be available for sale with a special "conference discount." PACSGEAR, Inc. PACSGEAR offers a full line of workflow solutions for the medical imaging marketplace.
PACSGEAR software is now installed on over 250 PACS sites worldwide and may be purchased directly from PACSGEAR, or through many OEM vendors. Philips Medical Systems Philips Medical Systems offers a wide range of products and professional services providing customer-tailored image and information management solutions for both Cardiology and Radiology environments. Philips Xcelera Cardiology Information Solutions provides a comprehensive portfolio of products and services for accelerating cardiology workflow integrated into a single platform. Philips iSite PACS is an innovative image and information management system that delivers on-demand diagnostic-quality images over existing hospital networks, advanced radiology reading stations for radiologists, and "always online" long-term storage. In December 2005, iSite PACS was rated Best in KLAS PACS in the KLAS Top 20 Report for the third consecutive year. Worlwide, more than 1,500 cardiology and 300 radiology PACS solutions have been installed. Philips Medical Systems is a division of Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands. Pillar Data Systems Pillar Data Systems™ is an agile provider of innovative data storage systems. Ideally suited to the budgets and technology needs of the healthcare industry in general and imaging specialists in particular, the Pillar Axion™ storage system is the sensible alternative for today's consolidating health care IT systems. It delivers a smart combination of integration, flexibility, and enterprise-class availability—without the traditional enterprise cost. The Pillar Axiom system supports Data Lifecycle Management DLM initiatives with automated features to manage radiology and cardiology images as they age. It supports SAN or NAS storage in the same system. Innovative Quality of Service (QoS) combines Tier-1, Tier-2, Tier-3, and archive-level storage within a single array while optimizing performance of each LUN and filesystem. With industry-standard, inexpensive components and no hidden licensing fees, the Pillar Axiom system also supports automated backup, file replication, and archive services that meet the budgetary, regulatory, and management requirements of today's healthcare industry. Pillar's open architecture and collaborative approach to business offer a sensible alternative to closed-end, proprietary storage systems.Partnerships with leading providers of PACS, RIS, and HIS systems ensure interoperability with systems healthcare providers already own. Pillar also offers expert Professional Services along with world-class service and support to help health care organizations get the most from their investment in Pillar Axiom storage systems. For more information, contact Pillar at info@pillardata.com. RamSoft, Inc. RamSoft, Inc. is an industry leader in the medical imaging and healthcare information management software markets. With over a decade of leadership in medical imaging technology, RamSoft provides quality and innovative healthcare solutions. Through the use of extensive resources, experience and vast support services, RamSoft is committed to providing leading-edge solutions and the absolute best in customer service. RamSoft's PowerServer+RIS™ is a package that provides the largest return on investment of any RIS/PACS solution on the market. PowerServer™ is capable of serving unlimited web based PowerReader™ diagnostic workstations, QC stations, and Clinical Review workstations. PowerReader™ offers image enhancement tools including an interactive unsharp mask, image display tools including a three-dimensional pathology finder and workflow tools including integrated document scanning, film digitizing, dictation and transcription. Take your practice efficiency and profits to new heights with RamSoft's PowerServer+RIS™. Join the over 350 imaging facilities that rely on RamSoft to provide reliability, flexibility and the absolute best in customer service. RedRick Technologies Inc. As imaging technology makes the transition from a film-based to a film-less PACS environment, the design of reading rooms with light boxes and alternators is changing to one of workstations with computer consoles and high luminance monitors. The ergonomics of each are seldom interchangeable. The redesign of reading rooms to provide optimized soft copy viewing is the most frequently overlooked aspect when considering the expense of converting to PACS. A RedRick solution can help ensure your reading room is designed to meet the needs of this evolving technology. Every workspace is unique. As a result, every reading room solution should be created to meet the specific needs of your workspace and environment. Each RedRick solution is custom configured to meet the particular needs of your reading room. Our solution begins with your vision. From here, our architectural design team will assess the physical space, workflow, ergonomics, lighting and acoustics to ensure that every solution optimizes the working environment. The result is a reading room designed with the radiologist in mind. Our ComfortView height adjustable workstations are built to individual preferences, complimenting the workflow and ergonomics of the radiology reading room. "If you can imagine it, we can design and build it!" Reilly Communications Group Publisher of Imaging Technology News, Outpatient Care Technology, Diagnostic & Invasive Cardiology and Acuity Care Technology. Our four publications are leading "Technology Solutions Resources for Healthcare Professionals" across the healthcare continuum. For more than a decade, Imaging Technology News (ITN) has dedicated much of its editorial focus to PACS and related technologies. From the early beginnings of PACS to the present, medical professionals have been tuning in to remain current on the latest and most innovative PACS and connectivity solutions. Our sister publications, Outpatient Care Technology, Diagnostic & Invasive Cardiology and Acuity Care Technology have continued this dedication. Product comparison charts on PACS, Disaster Recovery, Flat Panel Monitors, RIS, Storage Service Providers (SSP), and other technologies that "connect the enterprise" are regularly featured, providing readers with up-to-date information on what is available in the marketplace. Features such as "Solutions Applied," illustrating adoptions of PACS and our "RFPs for PACS," a four-part article series, provide in-depth insights useful to our readers, helping them to become savvy purchasers. Sectra North America With more than 700 installations, Sectra is a world-leader in digital solutions for PACS, mammography and orthopedics. Sectra's product line features cutting-edge, high-availability enterprise PACS for 24/7 operation and orthopedic solutions specifically for the clinical requirements of orthopedic surgeons. Sectra also offers a broad range of focused clinical solutions such as systems for breast imaging, cardiology, multi-slice visualization, bone densitometry and nuclear medicine, all operating on the same PACS platform. SENCOR SENCOR is a leading provider of cost-effective, PACS storage, image distribution and disaster recovery solutions. Our PACS archive, DICOM router, web server and offline archive provide affordable methods for distributing, storing and ensuring your DICOM data is defect-free and safe from disaster. SENCOR products are available as turnkey solutions, software-only, or hosted, pay-as-you-go services. Standards-driven (IHE, DICOM, HL7 etc.), our products and hosted services allow instant interoperability with virtually any new or existing facility. Hospitals, imaging centers and other healthcare facilities enjoy greatly improved protection from disaster when they diversity their storage management with SENCOR. SG&A Consulting, Inc. SG&A consultants have deployed hundreds of PACS systems. From contract negotiations to acceptance testing, we have proven we save expense. Specializations (from clinical radiology/cardiology and IT to multiple vendor know-how) are carefully integrated across an internal line up and a panel of nationally-recognized colleagues. SG&A spends more time on-site: nearly resident, regularly present, and incorporated into clinical, IT, and management teams. We support any project phase: financial planning, vendor evaluation, managing – as your advocate – delivery and installation schedules. We assure effective training, protect your investment with disaster recovery and business continuance planning, and can supply an experienced PACS administrator to bridge the crucial management challenges immediately post-deployment. The School of PACS Administration offers all levels of courses, some on-line and in conjunction with a collegiate partner – Clarkson College (an affiliate of Nebraska Medical Center) – the first to offer a PACS specialization within a B.S., Medical Imaging or certificate program. SG&A's founder, Stuart C. Gardner, participates as an integral and active advisor with every client. Since 1984, he has influenced decisive, industry-shaping standards (DICOM) and continues to engineer distinctive, industry-neutral solutions. Experience the difference – with introductory programs and preparedness assessments – matched to needs with reasonable fees – visit www.sgaconsulting.com. Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. Siemens is dedicated to enhancing workflow – moving patients, information, and resources throughut the healthcare continuum. Siemens brings the newest technology and workflow advancements to your radiology department with SIENET COSMOS and Siemens Novius RIS, helping to raise the quality of care to a new level. SIENET COSMOS is an open and flexible PACS system, based on industry standard database software and off-the-shelf hardware, successfully implemented worldwide. As one of its characteristic features, SIENET provides the means to integrate systems and modalities, including those from other vendors, within a hospital or medical practice. At the heart of SIENET is the IDM or Image Data Management system, a completely scalable DICOM 3.0 compliant Enterprise Storage Solution. IDM also provides the flexibility to store cardiology data, visual light and imaging data from other "-ologies." The individually configurable user interface of the workstations, as well as the capability to integrate with existing hospital information systems (HIS/RIS), make SIENET COSMOS one of the most flexible solutions available today. SIENET architecture guarantees a high level of system reliability, and supports HIPAA enabling. NOVIUS: Reporting with the integrated combination of SIENET PACS and NOVIUS RIS enables a faster and more efficient availability of patient images and reports throughut the enterprise. This integrated RIS/PACS provides substantial workflow improvement, enhances greatly the productivity of the radiology department as well as the quality of patient care, eliminating redundant and manual tasks, and provides a single portal to related clinical data. Sorna Corporation Sorna Corporation is the home of FilmX™, eXpedo™ 100% DICOM and IHE PDI conformant CD/DVD recorders for medical imaging applications that set the gold standard for performance and functionality. Home of LiteBox™ viewing and OpenLiteBox™ Administrator PACS-to-PACS image transfer software. Home of STaR, an economic web server. Home of FilmX PRI, an advanced DICOM-to-Windows print gateway. At Sorna Corporation, we design products and intelligent software solutions that maximize a healthcare facility's investment in digital diagnostic modalities. We are dedicated to providing our customers with tools to better utilize and share the benefits of their digital assets in diagnostic imaging. Solutions from Sorna provide Xtra efficiency, Xtra productivity and Xtra performance TeraMedica, Inc. Mission: "TeraMedica Healthcare Technology is committed to delivering J2EE Vendor Independent Electronic Health Record Semantic Interoperability, using clinically-focused Enterprise Software, connectivity, and storage protocols, providing a unique form of clinical image & information lifecycle management." Value: TeraMedica's Unique Value Proposition is a paradigm shift in the marketplace. Choice – Ability to swap PACS and Storage Vendors. Control – Centrally Controlled Infrastructure using Physician focused protocols. Vendor Independence – Open J2EE JMS Oracle & Web Services, allowing for Standardized Storage Hardware! Solution: We connect multiple Modalities & Multiple Vendor PACS archives; multiple departments (Radiology, Cardiology, Pathology, Dermatology, Dental, and Oncology) then provide intelligent management, delivering Physician Acceptance to the CIO world. We then bridge the E.H.R. GAP, by serving these large-scale datasets up to HL7 based Systems, including EMRs, CVIS, RIS, and more. Vital Images, Inc. Vitrea® 2 software is Vital Images' advanced visualization solution that creates 2D, 3D and 4D images of human anatomy from CT (computed tomography), MR (magnetic resonance) and PET (positron emission tomography) image data. With this productivity-enhancing tool, physicians can easily navigate within these images to better understand and diagnose disease conditions. The Vitrea product addresses specialists' needs through various software options for cardiac, colon, vessel probe and other applications. In addition, Vitrea 2 software utilizes an intuitive clinical workflow and automatic settings to improve speed and simplicity over other visualization techniques. Other capabilities and partnerships with PACS (picture archiving and comminications systems) providers expand physicians' access to Vitrea software throughout an enterprise. ViTALConnect™ software is a Web-enabled medical diagnostic tool that allows physicians to use PCs or notebook computers to access interactive 2D, 3D and 3D advanced visualization. Building on Vital Images' knowledge and understanding of advanced diagnostic workflow, ViTALConnect software offers users access that is critical in today's hospital environment. This solution enables users to review studies, perform advanced analysis and make quick diagnostic decisions – from anywhere, at anytime. This communication tool includes collaboration capabilities that enable multiple physicians in different locations to confer while interacting with the same data in real-time. Witt Biomedical Corporation CALYSTO for Cardiology™ represents Witt Biomedical's complete information and image management solutions for the cardiology enterprise. Within this product line, Witt Biomedical designs, manufactures and markets Physiomonitoring (Series IV™ ), Digital Image Archival and Pacs Networks (Image IV™ ). Witt's Image IV interfaces with all digital x-ray systems and acquires DICOM/digital data for immediate review on any high-end PC over a high-speed network and archives on NAS, SANS and/or DVD devices. Cases are easily copied to CD for DICOM exchange. Witt supported modalities include: X-ray Angiography, Ultrasound/Echo, Nuclear Medicine, MRI, CT and CR/DR (Radiology). Witt also manufactures and markets patient care monitors and central stations for the pre- and post-cath holding area. CALYSTO WEBDV intranet/internet software allows authorized users to access hemodynamic and imaging data using standard web browsers. CALYSTO for ECG Management integrates 12-lead ECG data with invasive and non-invasive data and images into a single cardiac record. All produts are seamlessly integrates and will handle all security as required by HIPAA.
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