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“Had these new customers selected a PACS from a different company, they would probably have to maintain five or more different systems and interfaces and deal with five different vendors,” said Rick Porritt, President and CEO of DR Systems.

“In addition to the complexities of managing all that, they would also have a PACS that cost more and did less than the one they got from DR Systems,” Porritt said. “We provided them one unified system that will be a lasting solution -- while raising their profitability and simplifying their tech support.”

There are several notable aspects to the new contracts:

Interoperability with McKesson HIS. At Peninsula Imaging, the new PACS will be interfaced with a McKesson hospital information system (HIS). DR Systems’ integrated approach to scheduling, workflow, reporting, and billing is considered an advantage in making the imaging center more competitive in its local market.
Improved stroke treatment for remote, rural residents. The DR Systems PACS at Bath Community Hospital will enable this small hospital to have local radiological workflow even as most of its radiological studies are read at the University of Virginia (UVA) Medical Center, in Charlottesville. Implementation of the PACS will also enable Bath to more easily share images and reports with UVA and other regional partners. In particular, the PACS will improve Bath’s acute stroke response by giving Bath County residents reliable and timely access to stroke treatment expertise across the Central Shenandoah Valley.
About the Healthcare Facilities

Peninsula Imaging, L.L.C. (Salisbury, Md.) provides full diagnostic and therapeutic x-ray services, ultrasound, and nuclear medicine/PET imaging. For women, the center offers a full range of progressive services, including screening mammograms, ultrasonography, and therapeutic treatment.

Yankton Medical Clinic, P.C. (Yankton, S.D.) encompasses, in addition to diagnostic imaging, an allergy clinic, an ambulatory surgery center, chemo- and IV infusion therapy, laboratory services, occupational medicine, and home care. Its mammography services included computer-aided detection.

Bath Community Hospital (Hot Springs, Va.), a 25-bed facility, is located in a remote area of western Virginia. As a designated Critical Access Hospital, it provides frontline medical services for the 4,800 residents of Bath County.

Barrow Neurosurgical Associates (Phoenix, Ariz.) serves patients from all over the country – and indeed the world – with its expertise in difficult brain and spine cases. Among many innovations by its medical staff, Barrow surgeons and scientists helped pioneer the hypothermic circulatory arrest, a surgery now used worldwide in treating complex aneurysms. This procedure, along with new skull base approaches, allows neurosurgeons to repair blood vessels in the brain with minimal risk of hemorrhage.

About DR Systems, Inc.
DR Systems, Inc. is the leading independent provider of enterprise imaging and information management systems for diagnostic imaging centers, hospitals and integrated healthcare networks. For more than 16 years, the company has helped over 500 hospitals and imaging center sites lower their cost of operation by improving management of patient information, eliminating film costs, and increasing workflow speed, while providing better clinical quality and patient care.

Reinforcing the company’s reputation for long-term customer satisfaction, DR Systems, Inc. was ranked by KLAS® as the #1 PACS vendor in their “Top 20: Best in KLAS reports" in 2001, 2006 and 2007. Also, in 2006, DR Systems was ranked #1 by KLAS, as the highest-scoring vendor across all healthcare informatics vendor categories.

DR Systems’ solutions encompass a full range of medical imaging modalities and specialties, including cardiology, radiology, orthopedics, and pathology. The company's mission is to enhance the clinical and financial success of its medical imaging customers.

Source: DR Systems, Inc.

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