Agfa Adds Medical Equipment to Renewed Agreement with Shared Services Healthcare.Business Editors GREENVILLE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2001 Agfa Corporation announced today that Shared Services shared services, n.pl the administrative, clinical, or other service functions that are common to two or more hospitals or their health care facilities and used jointly or cooperatively by them. Healthcare, Inc., has renewed its contract to offer Agfa's medical imaging products to Shared Services' 960 members. Shared Services is a group purchasing organization A group purchasing organization is an entity that leverages the purchasing power of a group of businesses to obtain discounts from vendors based on the collective buying power of the GPO members. Many GPOs are funded by administrative fees that are actually paid by the vendors. (GPO) based in Atlanta, GA that serves healthcare institutions based primarily in the southern part of the US. "We are pleased that Shared Services has expressed its confidence in Agfa by renewing and expanding our agreement," stated Bruce Gower, General Manager, Corporate Healthcare, Agfa Medical Imaging. "In addition to film products, Agfa's full family of imagers, ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. (TM) computed radiography radiography: see X ray. (CR) systems and IMPAX(R) Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS (Picture ArChiving System) A storage and management system for high-resolution images. Typically pertaining to the medical field, images such as X-rays, MRIs and CAT scans require a greater amount of storage than other industries. ) are now available to Shared Services' members. Significantly, the addition of our PACS line endorses Agfa to assist Shared Services' members in their transition from analog to digital imaging," he concluded. Anita Fredricks, Director of Purchasing Program for Shared Services, noted her firm's longstanding, 10-year relationship with Agfa and stated, "In addition to offering our members Agfa's new line of capital equipment that was not previously available, this contract also offers them a greater savings in film and supplies." About Agfa Agfa Corporation is the U.S. subsidiary of the Agfa Group, which ranks among the world's leading imaging companies. Agfa develops, produces and markets analog and digital systems, primarily for the graphics industry, medical imaging, non-destructive testing, micrographics The production, handling and use of microfilm and microfiche. Images are created by cameras or by COM units that accept computer output directly. The documents are magnified for human viewing by readers, some of which can automatically locate a page using indexing techniques. , motion picture film, consumer imaging and photography markets. Agfa has its headquarters in Mortsel, Belgium, employing about 22,000 people in 40 countries. Worldwide sales for 2000 were 5.26 billion Euro. In the U.S., Agfa is headquartered in Ridgefield Park Ridgefield Park, village (1990 pop. 12,454), Bergen co., NE N.J., on the Hackensack River; inc. 1892. Chiefly residential, it manufactures some paper goods. , NJ, and employs nearly 4,000 people. Product and company information may be found on Agfa's home page on the World Wide Web at www.agfa.com. |
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