Philips Medical Systems North America of Shelton, Conn., a leading supplier of diagnostic imaging systems and related services worldwide today announced it has entered into a marketing agreement with InSiteOne, a provider of online and nearline digital imaging storage and archiving services. Under the terms of the agreement, Philips will incorporate InSiteOne’s patent-pending InDex(TM) archive solution as part of its Inturis for Radiology Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) Application Service Provider (ASP) solution.
Radiology departments and imaging centers have become increasingly interested in ASP solutions in radiology because of the reductions in capital costs and implementation time. “Philips Medical Systems’ ASP solutions give our customers more choices and flexibility in developing or expanding their PACS infrastructure,” said Milan diPierro, business unit manager for Integrated Clinical Solutions at Philips Medical Systems North America. “By including the InDex service in our ASP offerings we can leverage InSiteOne’s expertise and focus, and help to deliver a more robust and flexible image archive in an ASP model to our customers.”
“This agreement with Philips Medical Systems is another example of the strengths of our open architecture solution,” said Richard Friswell, CEO of InSiteOne. “It’s also an important step and clear evidence of the strengths of both our business model and technological solution. We look forward to working together with Philips to bring our mutual customers powerful and cost-effective PACS functionality.”
InSiteOne’s InDex provides a cost-effective and flexible way to securely store and retrieve Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) images from medical imaging equipment such as CT scanners, MRIs and PACS. Doctors in hospitals then use these digital images to make a diagnosis or follow a patient’s treatment or management. InDex’s open architecture integrates with any DICOM-compliant PACS modality, such as Philips’ Inturis for Radiology, as well as hospital networks and information systems. It complements the functionality, performance and economy of an enterprise PACS by enabling hospitals to cost-effectively outsource the PACS storage and archiving component.
About Inturis for Radiology
Philips Medical Systems’ Inturis for Radiology is a scalable and modular PACS, featuring sophisticated search tools which support the workflow of Radiology departments by allowing searches in Multiple DICOM databases and patient information systems. The system has evolved from Philips’ five-year partnership with Sweden-based Sectra-Imtec AB. Inturis for Radiology responds to the unique needs and specifications of PACS workstation operators. It synergizes Philips’ breadth of technology in voice recognition, flat panel monitors and data management with the software development expertise of Sectra.
About Philips Medical Systems
Philips Medical Systems is a leading supplier of diagnostic imaging systems and related services worldwide, represented in more than 100 countries and employing 11,800 people. A worldwide network of research and development and sales and service organizations backs Philips’ products. Philips Medical Systems is part of Royal Philips Electronics, one of the world’s largest electronics companies. Additional information on Philips Medical Systems can be obtained by accessing its homepage at www.medical.philips.com
About InSiteOne
Headquartered in Wallingford, Connecticut, InSiteOne, Inc. (www.insiteone.com) is a service provider offering digital image storage and archiving solutions to the medical community. It offers hospitals, imaging centers and physician group practices a versatile, affordable and secure method for online and nearline warehousing, storage and access of DICOM radiological images. Integrating with any DICOM-compliant PACS component, hospital network or information system, InDex provides on-demand access to images residing either locally or at a storage facility linked via an Internet VPN to a hospital’s network.
InDex is a trademark of InSiteOne Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective companies.
Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is one of the world’s biggest electronics companies and Europe’s largest, with sales of $33.5 billion (EUR 31.5 billion) in 1999. It is a global leader in color television sets, lighting, electric shavers, color picture tubes for televisions and monitors, and one-chip TV products. Its 232,433 employees in more than 60 countries are active in the areas of lighting, consumer electronics, domestic appliances, components, semiconductors, medical systems, and IT services (Origin). Philips is quoted on the NYSE (symbol: PHG), London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and other stock exchanges. News from Philips is located at www.news.philips.com
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