RIDGEFIELD, Conn., Nov. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMICAS Inc., a leader
in Web-based image and information management, and MEDITECH Information
Technology, Inc., a leader in health care information systems (HCIS), today
announced new customer signings, additional product integration, and joint
marketing activities at the upcoming 2004 Radiological Society of North
America (RSNA) meeting in Chicago, IL.
Building upon a long-standing commitment to MEDITECH institutions and with
MEDITECH, AMICAS is pleased to announce the recently signed additions of
Delnor Community Hospital (Geneva, IL), Androscoggin Valley Hospital (Berlin,
NH), Person Memorial Hospital (Roxboro, NC), Portage Health System (Hancock,
MI), Johnston Memorial Hospital (Smithfield, NC), Quincy Medical Center
(Quincy, MA), and Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals (Columbia, SC) to
its considerable base of MEDITECH customers now running its Vision Series(TM)
PACS. Since their first joint PACS integration to MEDITECH's HCIS over two
years ago at Satilla Regional Medical Center (Waycross, GA), AMICAS and
MEDITECH have honed a robust integration platform based upon customized AMICAS
integration scripts. The integration has been implemented across dozens of
healthcare institutions, providing clinical users with fast, easy access to
medical images and reports through the MEDITECH electronic medical record.
Tightly integrated with MEDITECH, Vision Series PACS' Forever Priors(TM)
architecture provides one-click access to all imaging studies from a
centralized spinning disk repository. Within a single sign-on environment
secured and managed with HIPAA auditing, physicians can quickly review a
patient's history, including prior images and reports for comparisons, from
any desktop PC. Since it occurs within MEDITECH's enterprise and electronic
medical record products and/or its emergency department management
application, there is no additional end user training or support required.
The integration between these applications places all images and patient
information securely in the hands of clinicians wherever they are and whenever
they want, both improving physician efficiency and raising the standard of
patient care.
"MEDITECH and AMICAS have a long history of working cooperatively to offer
fully-integrated RIS, PACS, and EMR solutions to our customers," said Hoda
Sayed-Friel, vice president of marketing at MEDITECH. "Our long-standing
relationship has benefited our customers through improved workflow, secure
integration, and image distribution based upon the full complement of bi-
directional HL7 messaging from the MEDITECH PACS Integration Suite."
"We continue to dedicate significant resources to our integration efforts
with MEDITECH," said AMICAS president Hamid Tabatabaie. "Our efforts have
resulted in an integration methodology that is both successful and repeatable
across every MEDITECH environment. Our customers are comforted by the
strength of our technology and the breadth of our MEDITECH experience. But we
pledge to go further. We will continue to innovate, delivering integrations
that help our customers achieve filmless and paperless operations, improving
patient care and optimizing workflow across their healthcare enterprises."
At RSNA 2004, AMICAS Vision Series PACS and MEDITECH EMR integration will
be demonstrated in the AMICAS booth (8520). Representatives will be available
in both AMICAS' booth as well as in MEDITECH's booth (8954) to answer any
questions or to discuss any aspect of the integration. To schedule a
demonstration appointment, please follow the attached link:
http://www.amicas.com/RSNA2004/default.asp
About AMICAS
AMICAS is a leading provider of Web-based medical image and information
management solutions. With over 700 unique customers and over 1,500
installations, AMICAS provides its clients with the Vision Series(TM) family
of products. Our ambulatory care, imaging center, and radiology group clients
are served with the end-to-end functionality of Vision Series RIS, Vision
Series PACS, Vision Series Document Management, and Vision Series Financials.
Our acute care and hospital clients value our acclaimed Vision Series PACS
with its RIS independence, enterprise workflow, and scalable design.
Complementing the Vision Series product family, AMICAS' Insight Services(TM)
are a set of client-centered professional and consulting services that assist
our customers with a well planned transition to a digital enterprise.
AMICAS is the radiology division of VitalWorks Inc. (Nasdaq: VWKS), a
leading provider of image and information management technology and services
targeted to healthcare practices and organizations throughout the United
States. Additional information about AMICAS can be found at
http://www.amicas.com. Additional information about VitalWorks can be found
at http://www.vitalworks.com.
About MEDITECH
MEDITECH has been the leader in the Health Care Information Systems (HCIS)
industry since 1969. MEDITECH's applications unify clinical, administrative,
and financial information across a health care organization, including acute
care, long-term care, home health care, and physician practices. Today, more
than 1,800 customers worldwide use MEDITECH's information systems.
Information on MEDITECH and its products can be obtained on the World Wide Web
at http://www.meditech.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
Except for the historical information herein, the matters discussed in
this release include forward-looking statements. The forward-looking
statements contained in this release include statements about future financial
and operating results and the proposed acquisition. When used in this press
release, the words: believes, intends, anticipates, expects, and similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-
looking statements are subject to a number of risks, assumptions and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
projected in such forward-looking statements. These risks, assumptions and
uncertainties include: the risk that VitalWorks and AMICAS' businesses and/or
products will not be integrated successfully; the risk that AMICAS' businesses
relationship with its customers will not be successful; the failure by the
companies to retain key employees, integrity of the intellectual property of
AMICAS, continued compliance with all government laws, rules and regulations
for all applicable products; the failure by the company to complete and
deliver products and services within currently estimated time frames and
budgets, the inability to achieve revenues from combined lines of products,
economic and political conditions in the United States and abroad and other
risks affecting AMICAS' and VitalWorks' businesses generally and as set forth
in VitalWorks' most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. All forward-looking statements in this press release are qualified
by these cautionary statements and are made only as of the date of this press
release. VitalWorks and AMICAS are under no obligation to (and expressly
disclaim any such obligation to) update or alter their forward-looking
statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
SOURCE AMICAS Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.amicas.com
http://www.vitalworks.com http://www.meditech.com
http://www.amicas.com/RSNA2004/default.asp
http://www.rsna.org/rsna/index.html
CONTACT:
Margaret Turano of AMICAS, Inc.,
+1-617-779-7819, mturano@amicas.com
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