Agfa Gevaert : At SIIM 2016, Agfa HealthCare’s Enterprise Imaging takes center stage as the value of multi-departmental imaging drives industry-wide adoption
May 31, 2016 at 10:06 am EDT
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May 31, 2016 4:00 PM CET
- Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging's solution enables strategic initiatives for population health management, value-based care, and risk sharing - Developed as a care-centric, standards-based workflow platform, Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging is designed in modular services to anticipate the needs of today's dynamic healthcare systems - Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging enables hospitals and health systems to create and efficiently share unified patient records containing both images and textual information within the EHR.
Agfa HealthCare's Enterprise Imaging platform will be on display at SIIM 2016 which takes place June 29 - July 1, 2016 in Portland, Oregon.
Agfa HealthCare is joining with industry leaders at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine's (SIIM) 2016 Annual Meeting to demonstrate the significant value of enterprise imaging as hospitals and health systems continue to reduce unnecessary costs and improve outcomes. Exemplifying the growth of enterprise imaging from niche to mainstay, Agfa HealthCare will be showcasing its single-platform, converged design, which empowers efficient collaborative practice across the continuum of care as underutilized medical images evolve into a strategic asset of the organization.
Agfa HealthCare's Enterprise Imaging distinguishes in its innovative, modular design to allow flexible adoption by healthcare systems. It offers a streamlined, value-based solution that aligns with their EHR strategy. The Agfa Enterprise Imaging solution enables multiple service lines, such as Cardiology, Radiology, Surgery, Gastroenterology and Nursing to manage and use image information within the same consolidated solution.
Agfa HealthCare's deep clinical experience and IT know how as a leading provider of departmental solutions offers unique expertise to address today's need for enterprise-wide image and information-sharing. Via its open APIs and deep commitment to industry standards, Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging can overcome departmental silos, by reducing cost, complexity, and the need for multiple systems. As a result, hospitals and health systems can consolidate hardware, storage and software, while securely enhancing collaboration across the enterprise.
'We are seeing a similar evolution occur with imaging IT as we did over the last twenty years with departmental text-based systems such as laboratory, pharmacy, nursing documentation and clinical data repositories converging to become the EHR. As such, Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging's single- platform approach is defining a new standard for imaging informatics in healthcare,' said Frank Pecaitis, Senior Vice President, North American Sales at Agfa HealthCare. 'Our solution was designed with contemporary healthcare delivery in mind, supporting integrated care, enabling patient engagement and delivering immediate value through a unified, secure technology. The solution empowers clinicians to make informed decisions through collaboration that is not constrained by specialty or geography. In doing so, Agfa HealthCare is disrupting the legacy departmental PACS and VNA market to meet the challenges of today's greater enterprise-wide economic and quality care imperatives to deliver the right care for the right patient, at lower cost.'
Agfa HealthCare subject matter experts will be on hand to answer any of your Enterprise Imaging questions and can also be seen during the following SIIM 2016 education sessions:
REST-based APIs: Can We Really Use Them?
Friday, July 1, 8:00 - 9:30 AM
Portland Ballroom 255
Strategies and Tactics for Capturing and Sharing Images
Friday, July 1, 8:00 - 9:30 AM
Portland Ballroom 256
Please visit Agfa HealthCare at SIIM 2016 in booth #215. To arrange your personal tour and discussion, please email salesinfo@agfa.com or visit www.visualhealthcare.com
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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.
Agfa Gevaert : At SIIM 2016, Agfa HealthCare’s Enterprise Imaging takes center stage as the value of multi-departmental imaging drives industry-wide adoption
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