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Agfa HealthCare 's newly developed medical image and report viewer requires only an internet connection

Agfa HealthCare , a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, announced that IMPAX Data Center Viewer powered by XERO is now available in the United States and is on display at the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society ( HIMSS 10 ) annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia. A new software solution developed by Agfa HealthCare, the IMPAX Data Center Viewer is a “zero footprint” medical image and report viewer developed to provide access to medical imaging information for clinicians at any point of care. The solution requires no downloads of client application software or web application frameworks, thereby providing ready availability of imaging information to clinicians, independent of network bandwidth or operating system.

Working in conjunction withIMPAXDataCenter, Agfa HealthCare's enterprise medical imaging repository, the XERO technology allows for local retrieval and viewing of images and reports from multiple departments and EHRs. Its standards-based interface and powerful image processing provide ubiquitous access to imaging information, including DICOM data types, DICOM-encapsulated PDFs, DICOM structured reports and images encoded in a wide variety of DICOM-supported formats.

Agfa HealthCare 's XERO technology, a Web 2.0 platform, uses AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) to allow users to dynamically retrieve and view text and image information in the user's Web browser. IMPAX Data Center Viewer converts images and content for display in a browser without requiring any client software installation.

"The XERO technology allows clinicians to "visualize" the EHR by incorporating reliable access to images, helping hospitals and healthcare facilities transform patient care," said Lenny J. Reznik, Agfa HealthCare's Director of Enterprise Imaging and Information. "IMPAXDataCenterand its unique XERO technology make image storage and visualization a seamless part of the EHR while bringing a patient's imaging record into the healthcare enterprise."

Hospitals and healthcare facilities will appreciate the low cost of Agfa HealthCare's viewers, powered by XERO. They require no user site maintenance due to its lack of client software and desktop deployment. The XERO technology is also easily adaptable by staff and typically requires very little to no training.

IMPAX Data Center and its associated XERO technology is on display at Agfa HealthCare 's booth #1633 at the annual HIMSS 2010 conference,March 1-4, 2010, inAtlanta,Georgia.

Source: Agfa HealthCare

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