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Bulgarian Ministry of Health selects Agfa to integrate diagnostic imaging Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, has signed an agreement with the Bulgarian Ministry of Health to implement its sixth generation picture archiving and communications system, IMPAX 6, at four leading sites in Bulgaria.
Agfa HealthCare has signed an agreement with the Bulgarian Ministry of Health to implement its sixth generation picture archiving and communications system

To support the hospitals' transformation into digital imaging, Agfa HealthCare will also deliver and install two CR 85-X and four CR 35-X solutions. The solutions will be installed at the Clinical Center Alexandrowska in Sofia, and the hospitals at Sveta Anna, Blagoevgrad and Stara Zagora.

The University Hospitals of Alexandrowska, Sveta Anna and Stara Zagora and the Hospital of Blagoevgrad cumulatively serve a population of more than 3.25 million and employ more than 4000 staff members.

Agfa HealthCare's solutions will support the country in meeting the existing and future demand for diagnostic imaging and supporting the increasing demand for the service.

The systems will also be used for teaching a majority of new radiology students in the country and will form the core of the four hospitals' teleradiology services, enabling more efficient and effective reading of the increasing volumes of radiology exams.

"Agfa HealthCare has been selected for this project because of its excellent local and international reputation on both the PACS and CR front," said Prof Vassil Hadjidekov, head of the Imaging Diagnostics Clinic at Alexandrovska Hospital and head of the Bulgarian Association of Radiologists.

"The integration of our diagnostic imaging efforts across four hospitals will enable us to deliver more timely and qualitative results, to the benefit of our radiologists and their patients alike. Bulgaria has, like many other markets, faced a shortage of radiologists and the introduction of more effective and efficient solutions is designed to enable us to continue to meet our current high standards, as well as to position our hospitals at the forefront of clinical science and technology," said Hadjidekov. "The new solutions will also strengthen the reputation of the four hospitals as leading sites in Bulgaria."

Source:  Agfa HealthCare