Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association and InSiteOne Form Strategic Alliance; AzHHA to Serve as Another DICOM Image Warehouse Facility for InDex Image Storage and Retrieval Service.Business/Technology Editors WALLINGFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2000 InSiteOne, a provider of online, nearline and offline digital imaging storage and archiving services, today announced a strategic alliance with the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (AzHHA), an organization of 51 health systems representing over 100 healthcare facilities including hospitals, long term care facilities and home care agencies. The association is dedicated to providing leadership on issues affecting the delivery, quality, accessibility and cost effectiveness of healthcare. Under the agreement, AzHHA will become one of InSiteOne's primary image warehouse facilities for its InDex(TM) image storage and retrieval service. "This is a significant partnership as we evolve our InDex service. AzHHA is a forward-looking organization whose interest in upgrading its network infrastructure and member network services - including an expanded data center - makes it an ideal partner for our second archive site (networking) archive site - (Or "FTP site", "FTP archive") An Internet host where program source, documents, e-mail or news messages are stored for public access via anonymous FTP, Gopher, World-Wide Web or other document distribution system. ," said Richard Friswell, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of InSiteOne. "We were looking to team with a strong hospital association, with a solid technical department, that could support our efforts to create a secure data warehouse to serve as a redundant location for storing digital DICOM (medical, standard) DICOM - (From Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine) A standard developed by ACR-NEMA (American College of Radiology - National Electrical Manufacturer's Association) for communications between medical imaging devices. data." The AzHHA data center, based in Phoenix, will become InSiteOne's nearline digital image warehouse for all of its customers in the western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century . The Phoenix facility will also serve as the redundant disaster recovery site for eastern U.S. customers. Conversely, InSiteOne's warehouse facility in Wallingford, Conn. will become the nearline warehouse for eastern U.S. customers and the mirrored archive for western U.S. customers. "AzHHA is always seeking to expand and improve member services. InSiteOne 's InDex archiving solution is a first of its kind in the state of Arizona and is the kind of service that adds value to the health care delivery network in the state. It can help to move a 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. department and, for that matter, the entire hospital, in a positive direction - not only in terms of quality of patient care, but also in terms of state-of-the-art technology," said Becky Kahn, executive vice president and COO of AzHHA. "InSiteOne is planning a series of educational events throughout the state in the coming months which will inform our members about this exciting new application, and we look forward to working with InSiteOne to coordinate that outreach effort and support future education of our members." The InDex Service Suited for hospitals, imaging centers and physician group practices, InDex is a flexible and secure service for online, nearline and offline access, storage and archiving of DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) is a standard for handling, storing, printing, and transmitting information in medical imaging. It includes a file format definition and a network communications protocol. ) radiological images. The fee-based, pay-as-you-go service is designed to optimize both online and nearline DICOM image storage and access and to provide offline archiving. With its open architecture, InDex easily integrates with any DICOM-compliant 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. (Picture Archiving and Communications System In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. ) modality modality /mo·dal·i·ty/ (mo-dal´i-te) 1. a method of application of, or the employment of, any therapeutic agent, especially a physical agent. 2. as well as hospital and radiological information systems. InDex provides on-demand access to radiological images residing either locally or at a storage facility, such as the AzHHA facility, that is linked via the Internet or Virtual Private Network (VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. ) to a hospital's network. InDex stores and retrieves images through its patented proxy server Also called a "proxy," it is a computer system or router that breaks the connection between sender and receiver. Functioning as a relay between client and server, proxy servers are used to help prevent an attacker from invading the private network. installed online at the hospital or imaging center by InSiteOne at no cost to the subscriber. The InDex server is networked with the radiology modalities Modalities The factors and circumstances that cause a patient's symptoms to improve or worsen, including weather, time of day, effects of food, and similar factors. so that studies are captured and stored immediately. Within moments of capturing a clinical study, the data is encrypted and sent to InSiteOne's nearline digital warehouse -- either in Arizona or Connecticut -- where it is permanently burned onto DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. optical media and stored. An additional copy is created and sent to the secondary location, where it serves as InSiteOne's redundant backup for disaster recovery purposes. During the study's period of highest use (typically the first 30-45 days), the primary copy is accessed from the proxy server on the hospital's local area network. Thereafter, the nearline copy stored at InSiteOne's digital warehouse becomes the primary and can be quickly and easily accessed within moments over an Internet connection or VPN. InDex complements the functionality, performance and economy of an enterprise PACS by enabling hospitals to cost-effectively outsource the storage and archiving component. By creating a DICOM image warehouse, InDex eliminates the need for large on-site PACS storage and archiving. For organizations without a full PACS, InDex delivers the storage and archival of a PACS without the high capital outlay capital outlay See capital expenditure. , maintenance costs, technical upgrades, and staffing support. About Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (AzHHA) unites hospitals and health systems into a powerful and effective advocacy force - one organization with one voice. It is an organization of hospitals and health systems dedicated to providing leadership on issues affecting the delivery, quality, accessibility and cost effectiveness of healthcare. The Association accepts and shares in the responsibility for improving the health status of the people of Arizona. Additional information is available on AzHHA's Web site: www.azhha.org. About InSiteOne Headquartered in Wallingford, Connecticut Wallingford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 43,026 at the 2000 census. History Wallingford was established on October 10, 1667, when the Connecticut General Assembly authorized the "making of a village on the east river" to , InSiteOne, Inc. (www.insiteone.com) is a service provider offering digital image storage and archiving solutions to the medical community. It offers hospitals, imaging centers and physician group practices a versatile, affordable and secure method for online, nearline and offline warehousing, storage and access of DICOM radiological images. Integrating with any DICOM-compliant PACS component, hospital network or information system, InDex provides on-demand access to images residing either locally or at a storage facility linked via the Internet or VPN to a hospital's network. InDex is a trademark of InSiteOne Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective companies. |
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