DR Systems Lands $7.4 Million in New RIS/PACS Contracts.Sales in 2006 Set a New Record for Industry Leader SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- DR Systems, makers of the Unity RIS/PACS, today announced 12 new contracts with healthcare facilities, totaling more than $7.4 million. The contract signings came toward the end of 2006, which contributed to a record sales year for the 15-year-old company. The prestigious KLAS KLAS Keystone Library Automation System [R] rating service named DR Systems the top healthcare IT vendor and the nation's top 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. company for 2006. The 12 new facilities awarding the contracts are: * Advanced Imaging of Robinson (McKees Rocks McKees Rocks, borough (1990 pop. 7,691), Allegheny co., SW Pa., an industrial suburb of Pittsburgh, on the Ohio River; settled c.1764, inc. 1892. Manufacturing includes metal and food products, lubricants, and furniture. , Penn.) * Moran, Rowen row·en n. New England A second crop, as of hay, in a season. [Middle English rowein, from Anglo-Norman rewain, variant of Old French regain : re-, re- + and Dorsey (Orange, Calif.) * Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (Bakersfield, Calif.) * Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center (Jasper, Ind.) * Community Hospital of San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. (San Bernardino, Calif.) * Alhambra Hospital Medical Center (Alhambra, Calif.) * Sarah Bush Lincoln Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln (1788-1869) was the second wife of Thomas Lincoln and stepmother of President of the United States Abraham Lincoln. She was born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky to Christopher and Hannah Bush. Health Center (Matton, Ill.) * Advanced Imaging Center of Amarillo (Amarillo, Tex.) * Klamath Radiology Associates (Klamath Falls Klamath Falls, city (1990 pop. 17,737), seat of Klamath co., SW Oreg., at the southern tip of Upper Klamath Lake; inc. 1905. It is the processing and distribution center of a lumber, livestock, and farm area. , Ore.) * Skagit Valley The Skagit Valley lies in the northwestern corner of the state of Washington, USA. Its defining feature is the Skagit River, which snakes through local communities which include the seat of Skagit County, Mount Vernon, as well as Sedro-Woolley, Concrete, Lyman-Hamilton, and Hospital (Mt. Vernon, Wash.) * Island hospital (Anacortes, Wash.) * United General Hospital (Sedro-Woolley, Wash.) The contracts were from a variety of institutions, from diagnostic imaging centers to large hospitals. The largest contract was for more than $1.1 million, with the smallest contract at just over $200,000. The range of facilities and contract sizes reflects the scalable nature of DR Systems' RIS/PACS, which is designed to handle healthcare institutions' current and future medical imaging and information management needs. About the Healthcare Facilities * Advanced Imaging of Robinson is a physician-owned, outpatient imaging center that provides technology and services comparable to those found in top academic medical centers. http://advancedimagingofrobinson.com. * Moran, Rowen and Dorsey includes more than 20 radiologists providing care at three outpatient facilities, as well as at St. Joseph Hospital and Children's Hospital A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. of Orange County, Calif. www.mrdimaging.com. * Bakersfield Memorial Hospital is Bakersfield's largest medical facility, with 367 licensed beds. The not-for-profit community hospital is affiliated with Catholic Healthcare West Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) is a California not-for-profit public benefit corporation that operates hospitals in California, Arizona, and Nevada[1]. As such, it is exempt from federal and state income taxes. . www.bakersfieldmemorial.org. * Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center is a 131-bed facility that was recently honored with the "100 Top Hospitals" award from Solucient. www.mhhcc.org. * Community Hospital of San Bernardino, a 321-bed facility, has served the healthcare needs of San Bernardino and surrounding communities since 1908. www.chsb.org. * Alhambra Hospital Medical Center is a l44-bed general acute care hospital. www.alhambrahospital.com. * Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center is a 187-bed, not-for-profit, acute-care regional hospital located in east central Illinois Central Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois that consists of the entire central section of the state, divided in thirds from north to south. It is an area of mostly flat prairie. . www.sarahbush.org. * Advanced Imaging Center of Amarillo is a joint venture between 475-bed Baptist St. Anthony Hospital and High Plains Radiological Association, an Amarillo, Tex.-based physician group. www.bsahs.org and www.hpra.net. * Klamath Radiology Associates is a 22-year old radiology group comprised of four radiologists. Tel. 541-885-2497. * Skagit Valley Hospital, which opened as a 100-bed hospital in 1958, has since expanded to 137 licensed beds. www.skagitvalleyhospital.org. * With 43 beds, Island Hospital is the smallest hospital in Washington to offer Level III Trauma care. www.islandhospital.org. * United General Hospital, a 100-bed institution, serves much of Washington State's Skagit and Whatcom counties. www.unitedgeneral.org. About DR Systems, Inc. In addition to being named the top healthcare IT company and "Best in KLAS" PACS vendor for 2006, DR Systems was rated the #1 PACS vendor in the "KLAS PACS-Acute Care 2006 Report." MD Buyline rated the company as the #1 PACS vendor for six consecutive quarters. DR Systems, Inc. is the leading independent provider of medical imaging and information systems for diagnostic imaging centers and hospitals. For 15 years, the company has helped over 250 hospitals and imaging centers improve the management of patient information, eliminate film costs, and increase workflow speed, all while providing better clinical quality and patient care. The company's Unity RIS-PACS integrates numerous tools to improve financial performance and productivity, including: Web-based scheduling, image, report and audio clip distribution; patented, automated hanging protocols for radiologists; and the report format preferences of individual referring physicians. For more information, call 800-794-5955 or visit www.dominator.com. |
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