Agfa HealthCare debuts enterprise imaging exchange program at SIIM 2015
Agfa HealthCare announced today the launch of its Enterprise Imaging Exchange Program which establishes a secure health information exchange network between multispecialty collaborating health providers to exchange and share medical imaging data. The solution will be on display at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting, May 26-31, 2015, in Washington, DC.
Enhanced image sharing improves the delivery of care while decreasing costs
Agfa HealthCare's innovative Enterprise Imaging Exchange Suite enables healthcare organizations to realize the benefits of sharing clinical information without significant technology investments. Healthcare providers will experience improved workflow and regional collaboration through enhanced communication between doctors and facilities across the continuum of care. With clinical data access and retrieval, facilities can provide timely, effective, equitable, patient-centered care, while reducing costs by improving efficiency and productivity.
The program includes unlimited inbound and outbound image exchange without dependency on existing picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) or radiology information systems (RIS) as well as Agfa's enterprise class XERO® universal image viewer, reducing physician frustration with viewing technology.
In addition, the benefits - clinical, operational and financial - can be quickly realized by leveraging the value of existing IT infrastructure, maintaining a predictable monthly expense, integrating directly with the EHR, and improving workflow and patient and physician satisfaction.
"Our offer is unique in that it features the ability to exchange images with unlimited facilities at no additional cost, helping to optimize productivity and reduce costs for both the referring care provider and the receiving provider," said Lenny J. Reznik, Vice President of Marketing, Agfa HealthCare, "We allow image sharing of images remotely, without a cloud requirement, so the original data stays on-site, improving security."
For more information on Agfa HealthCare's Enterprise Imaging Exchange Program, please visit Agfa at SIIM 2015, Booth #430 or contact agfahealthcareamericas@agfa.com.
About Agfa
The Agfa-Gevaert Group is one of the world’s leading companies in imaging and information technology. Agfa develops manufactures and markets analogue and digital systems for the printing industry (Agfa Graphics), for the healthcare sector (Agfa HealthCare), and for specific industrial applications (Agfa Materials). Agfa is headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium. The company is present in 40 countries and has agents in another 100 countries around the globe. The Agfa-Gevaert Group achieved a turnover of 2,865 million euro in 2013.
About Agfa HealthCare
Agfa HealthCare, a member of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, is a leading global provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions. The company has nearly a century of healthcare experience and has been a pioneer on the healthcare IT market since the early 1990's. Today Agfa HealthCare designs, develops and delivers state-of-the-art systems for capturing, managing and processing diagnostic images and clinical/administrative information for hospitals and healthcare facilities, as well as contrast media solutions to enable effective medical imaging results. The company has sales offices and agents in over 100 markets worldwide. Sales for Agfa HealthCare in 2013 were 1,160 million euro. For more information on Agfa HealthCare, please visit www.agfahealthcare.com