Agfa Medical to meet cine film needs for Health Services Corporation of America member hospitals.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. , N.J.--(BW HealthWire)--March 17, 1997--Agfa Medical has been contracted to supply the cine film cine film (Brit) n → Schmalfilm m , chemistry, and related needs of the Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract Corp. of America (HSCA HSCA House Select Committee on Assassinations HSCA Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics HSCA Hawaii State Chiropractic Association HSCA Hazardous Substances Control Act HSCA High School Culinary Arts ) on a sole source basis for the next three years. Cine film is a crucial element in cardiac cath lab A catheterization laboratory or cath lab is an examination room in a hospital or clinic with diagnostic imaging equipment to support the catheterization procedure. A catheter is inserted into a large artery, and various wires and devices can be inserted through the body via imaging. One of the reasons HSCA chose Agfa as its cine supplier is that Agfa offers quality products at a substantial cost savings to HSCA member hospitals. Another reason is that Agfa is considered the medical industry leader in an area expected to have great impact on the cardiac cath lab -- the transition from film-based imaging to digital imaging. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mark Miriani, vice president for HSCA's Materials Management Division, "This new agreement with Agfa will help our members reduce their costs for cine film, while bridging the way to the digital technologies of the future." Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Cape Girardeau, Mo., HSCA 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. with a membership that has grown to over 2,400 health care facilities nationwide, including nearly 1,000 acute-care hospitals. These members have a total purchasing volume of over $2.1 billion annually. As an industry pioneer in the use of electronics for health care purchasing, HSCA originated the first health care electronic pricing catalog, CDQuick(TM), in 1992. Agfa is part of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, a leading worldwide manufacturer of imaging products and systems, with annual sales of $4.5 billion. Agfa-Gevaert manufactures and markets products and systems for the electronic and photographic prepress, medical and technical diagnostic, and amateur and professional photographic markets. Headquartered in Europe, Agfa-Gevaert is wholly-owned by Bayer AG. In the United States, Agfa operates as a division of Bayer Corp., with headquarters in Ridgefield Park. Bayer, headquartered in Pittsburgh, is a research-based company with major businesses in chemicals, health care and imaging technologies. Bayer Corp. employs 23,500 people and had sales of $8 billion in 1995. CONTACT: Agfa Division, Bayer Corporation Jim Prelaske Phone: 847/635-7878 Fax: 847/635-8663 or Health Services Corporation of America Burl L. Reynolds Phone: 573/334-7711 Fax: 573/334-9422 |
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