FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 12, 2003
Contact: Arlene Carver Holmes,+1.703.709.3505
VIDAR SYSTEMS CORPORATION SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH IDX IMAGECAST™
Herndon, VA — VIDAR Systems Corporation, the leader in medical film digitizer technology, today announced that it has signed an agreement with IDX Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: IDXC) to include VIDAR’s DiagnosticPRO™ and SIERRA™ film digitizers in their specialty workflow solutions, IDX Imagecast™. The VIDAR solutions will complement IDX’s advanced workflow and image distribution technologies. The IDX Imagecast solution along with VIDAR’s DiagnosticPRO film digitizer was featured on the IDX booth during the SCAR Annual Meeting and Exhibit held in Boston on June 7-10, 2003.
IDX is a leading provider of software, services and technologies for healthcare provider organizations. Imagecast from IDX is the leader in providing specialty workflow solutions that integrate images and information from across the healthcare enterprise. At the heart of the Imagecast specialty workflow solutions lies the power of a revolutionary idea – to bring the full breadth of a user's computer-based workflow into a convergent point within a single database architecture. Imagecast provides
healthcare institutions, such as hospitals, AMCs, IDNs and imaging centers, with comprehensive distributed access to significant clinical findings and associated images through solutions that optimize productivity, enhance business practices, and facilitate clinical decision making.
“Our solutions combine advanced technology with unmatched expertise to deliver visionary workflow integration. The addition of VIDAR digitizers is a welcome addition to our advanced workflow and image distribution technologies,” said Walt Marti, Vice President and General Manager of IDX Imagecast Division.
According to Brian Beardslee, Vice President of VIDAR’s Medical Business, “The selection of the VIDAR digitizers by IDX and the integration with Imagecast reflects the company’s continued commitment to product excellence. VIDAR digitizers deliver superior image quality, reliability, and durability. In addition, the products are clinically proven, cost effective, and are designed for virtually maintenance-free operation. We are pleased to have been selected as the digitizer of choice by IDX Systems,” Beardslee said.
ABOUT VIDAR
VIDAR’s DiagnosticPRO plus and SIERRA plus digitizers feature the latest version of VIDAR’s proprietary High Definition CCD (HD-CCD®) technology and Automatic Digitizer Calibration (ADC™) feature, resulting in images that exceed the American College of Radiology practice guidelines for picture archiving and communication systems and remote primary diagnosis. The vertical footprints of VIDAR’s digitizers save nearly 50 percent of the space required by tabletop digitizers, and VIDAR’s SIERRA even offers the flexibility to be wall mounted, if desired. The design of VIDAR’s digitizers eliminates film jams and saves thousands of dollars each year in scanner calibration costs.
ABOUT IDX
Founded in 1969, IDX Systems Corporation provides information technology solutions to maximize value in the delivery of healthcare, improve the quality of patient service, enhance medical outcomes, and reduce the costs of care. IDX supports these objectives with a broad range of complementary and functionally rich products installed at 3,600 customer sites. Customers include 138,000 physicians who utilize practice management systems to improve patient care and other workflow processes. For additional information, visit IDX’s web site at www.idx.com.
VIDAR Systems Corporation, a privately held technology company headquartered in Herndon, Va., is the leading manufacturer of x-ray film digitizers and advanced solutions for medical markets. VIDAR’s family of film digitizers serves the PACS, remote primary diagnosis, teleradiology, telemedicine, mammography, and oncology markets. VIDAR’s digitizers are the choice of more than 100 systems solution providers worldwide.
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