Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of IT-enabled clinical and diagnostic imaging solutions, has signed a contract for the delivery and installation of its IMPAX® Cardiovascular solution at the Antwerp University Hospital. The contract will provide enterprise-wide access to cardiology patient records to meet the high volume diagnostic needs of the department and includes an eight year service, maintenance and licensing agreement. The Antwerp University Hospital, in Belgium, counts 38 specialized medical services and treats nearly 200,000 patients per year. The hospital has 2500 employees.
Agfa HealthCare's IMPAX Cardiovascular is designed to meet the image review and reporting needs of cardiologists on a platform that supports departmental and enterprise workflow. Employing a platform that supports both departmental and enterprise workflow, the IMPAX Cardiovascular solution provides image acquisition, display, reporting, storage and distribution management from multiple cardiovascular imaging modalities. From any cardiovascular review station, users can access images, data and reports for point of care delivery in a unified and efficient workflow.
"We selected the IMPAX Cardiovascular solution from Agfa HealthCare for its ability to easily integrate with our existing multi-vendor, multimodality solutions, as well as the ability of the team to meet both our technical and clinical requirements," states Professor Vrints, Head of Cardiology, Antwerp University Hospital. "We look forward to a fruitful and long-term relationship with Agfa HealthCare. I am confident that IMPAX Cardiovascular will enable us to meet our ever increasing diagnostic imaging needs and workflow improvement goals".
Other decisive arguments which lead to the Antwerp University Hospital selecting Agfa HealthCare's leading solution were the availability of its specialized clinical applications as well as the system's user-friendly interface. The hospital also appreciated the solution's ability to rapidly implement new cardiovascular parameters. A site visit to St. Jan's Hospital in Brugge confirmed the solution's capabilities, as well as Agfa HealthCare's strong project-based approach to implementing new solutions.
"We are proud to have been selected by the Antwerp University Hospital", states Georgios Spitadakis, Global Business Manager for Imaging Informatics. "The hospital maintains high standards and expects its vendors to meet those actively, and on a continuous basis. We look forward to a successful co-operation with the University Hospital in the coming years."
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The Agfa-Gevaert Group is one of the world's leading imaging and information technology companies. Agfa develops, manufactures and markets analogue and digital systems for the printing industry (Agfa Graphics), the healthcare sector (Agfa HealthCare) and specific industrial applications (Agfa Materials). Agfa's headquarters are in Mortsel, Belgium. The company is present in 40 countries and has agents in another 100 countries throughout the world. The Agfa-Gevaert Group achieved a turnover of 3,283 million Euro in 2007.
About Agfa HealthCare
Agfa HealthCare, a member of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, is a leading provider of IT-enabled clinical workflow and diagnostic image management solutions, and state-of-the-art systems for capturing and processing images in hospitals and healthcare facilities. Agfa HealthCare has over a century of healthcare experience related to diagnostic imaging and has been a pioneer on the healthcare IT market since the early 1990's. The HealthCare division has sales offices and agents in over 100 markets worldwide. Sales for Agfa HealthCare in 2007 were 1,392 million Euro, accounting for 43% of total group sales. For more information on Agfa HealthCare, please visit www.agfa.com/healthcare.