MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 14, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vital, a Toshiba Medical Systems Group Company and leading provider of advanced visualization and analysis solutions for healthcare providers, ranked number one in Overall Performance in the "Enterprise 3D 2011: Filling a Need?" report released recently by KLAS, an independent healthcare research firm.
The KLAS report revealed that the market feels Vital has an advanced solution, balanced functionality for both users and administrators, is innovative and constantly improving its solution, integrates well with PACS (picture archive and communication systems), and has pleasing implementation and education programs that have helped increase adoption for specialties throughout the hospital enterprise.
"This type of independent feedback is invaluable. It provides important insight into the market and is a good platform for customers to voice their opinions based on their experiences," said Michael H. Carrel, president and chief executive officer at Vital. "The fact that Vital has been named the number one provider in advanced visualization provides continued validation that we are putting our efforts in the appropriate places."
KLAS works with thousands of hospitals and clinics to rate more than 750 products and services from over 200 vendors. KLAS data and reports represent the combined opinions of actual people from provider organizations comparing how their vendors, products and/or services performed when measured against the participant's objectives and expectations. KLAS findings are a unique compilation of candid opinions and are real measurements representing those individuals interviewed. Findings are not meant to be conclusive data for an entire client base. KLAS provides the findings as valuable data points to be used with other data points in the reader's overall analysis.
About KLAS
Independently owned KLAS conducts over 1,900 healthcare provider interviews per month with more than 4,500 hospitals and 3,000 clinics to rate over 900 products by 250 vendors. It publishes approximately more than 40 performance and perception reports each year. KLAS (www.KLASresearch.com) is headquartered in Orem, Utah.
About Vital
Vital, a Toshiba Medical Systems Group Company, is a leading provider of advanced visualization and analysis software for physicians and healthcare specialists. The company's software provides users productivity and communication tools to improve patient care that can be accessed throughout the enterprise anytime, anywhere via the Web. For more information, visit www.vitalimages.com.
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