Tailored to meet the specific needs of North American imaging centers, the PMS comprises a complete solution with scheduling, reporting, workflow management, work list integration, billing and practice business analysis as well as seamless integration with IMPAXTM, Agfa's PACS solution. This comprehensive offering allows imaging centers to swiftly move from analog to digital technology, optimizing their workflow efficiency.
This PMS solution - which will be released at this year's RSNA (Chicago, Illinois, November 28 - December 3, 2004) - strengthens and completes Agfa's current offering for imaging centers, which includes imagers and media, Computed Radiography (CR) systems, Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS), display stations and services such as workflow analysis, project management, training and support.
Imaging centers are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. radiology market. At present, there are approximately 5,000 imaging centers and 3,000 community hospitals with standalone imaging departments in the US. The number of imaging centers has increased by 12% to 15% annually for the past three years and this strong growth is expected to continue.
"The North American imaging center market has substantial growth potential. With our deeply-integrated total solution we now have a complete offering for this rapidly-evolving market segment," said Bob Pryor, President of HealthCare Americas for Agfa.
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About Agfa
The Agfa-Gevaert Group is one of the world's leading imaging companies. Agfa develops, manufactures and markets analogue and digital systems, intended mainly for the graphics industry, healthcare, micrographics, motion picture and photography markets.
Agfa's headquarters are in Mortsel, Belgium. The company is active in 40 countries and has 120 agents throughout the world. Together they achieved a turnover of 4,215 million euros in 2003.
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