Agfa and Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group to market radiology consulting services.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.--(Health Wire)--Aug. 19, 1996--Agfa has joined with Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group in marketing radiology radiology, branch of medicine specializing in the use of X rays, gamma rays, radioactive isotopes, and other forms of radiation in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" under the name of the Healthcare Consulting Alliance. The two companies will offer a comprehensive approach to improving the performance of radiology processes. This approach will include radiology department benchmarking, strategy development, cost utilization, revenue maximization, operations restructuring, and information systems integration. "The Healthcare Consulting Alliance will provide radiology departments with the managerial and technical knowledge needed to create the efficient, state-of-the-art radiology services required in today's competitive market," said Andra Racibarskas, Vice President of Agfa Technical Imaging Systems and Agfa's relationship manager for the Healthcare Consulting Alliance. "There is a significant requirement for radiology departments to measure, analyze, and compare costs, quality of care, and margins to ensure that they can provide profitable, quality service under managed care while taking advantage of newer technologies such as 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. ," said Greg Viola viola: see violin. viola Stringed instrument, the tenor member of the violin family. In appearance it is almost identical to the violin but slightly larger; its strings are tuned a fifth lower. , Senior Manager with Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group. "The Healthcare Consulting Alliance will help them to meet that requirement." Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group has teams of professionals specializing in diagnostic imaging and radiology operations. Its fifty years of service to the health care industry augments Agfa's century of experience in developing and marketing x-ray and other medical imaging technologies. The companies will target the business needs of radiology departments across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and internationally. Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group, one of the world's leading consulting services practices, is part of Deloitte & Touche Tohmatsu International, a global professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. firm with over $1 billion in consulting revenues worldwide providing an array of services to industries including: health care, manufacturing, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , trade, consumer intensive businesses, telecommunications, public sector, and utilities. Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group partners with clients to create change that produces results. 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 Bayer AG German chemical and pharmaceutical company. Founded in 1863 by Friedrich Bayer (1825–1880), it now operates plants in more than 30 countries. Bayer has originated scores of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and synthetic materials; it was the first developer and . In the United States, Agfa operates as a division of Bayer Corporation, with headquarters in Ridgefield Park, N.J. Bayer, headquartered in Pittsburgh, is a research-based company with major businesses in chemicals, health care and imaging technologies. Bayer Corporation employs 23,500 people and had sales of $8 billion in 1995. CONTACT: Agfa Division, Bayer Corporation, Ridgefield Park Thomas E. Colucci, 201/641-9566 or Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group, Detroit Lori Forte Harnick, 313/396-3466 |
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