Optika Signs 10 New Healthcare Accounts -- Strengthens Industry Leadership Position.COLORADO SPRINGS Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 1996-- Optika Imaging Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : OPTK) today announced that it has received orders for its award-winning document and image management software from ten healthcare facilities. Optika now has 93 healthcare facilities using its FilePower and MediPower products in production. Mark K. Ruport, Optika's President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, commented, "These new contracts strengthen our leadership position in the healthcare image and information system market. Our new contracts complement our installed base of customers, such as St. Elizabeth Medical Center St. Elizabeth Medical Center may refer to:
Optika's MediPower product suite is an integrated patient accounting and medical records management system designed to meet the specific needs of the healthcare industry. MediPower incorporates document image management, Computer Output-to-Laser Disc (COLD), and automated workflow transaction processing technologies and is designed to provide fast and efficient access to patient information from workstations located throughout the enterprise, including the point of patient care. Recently, Optika's Business Solution Partners entered into agreements with Children's Hospital and Medical Center in Ohio, Halifax Hospital of North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , Collier Medical Center University of Dallas The University of Dallas is a Catholic institution. It seeks to educate its students to develop the intellectual and moral virtues, to prepare themselves for life and work, and to become leaders in the community. , Cardiovascular Provider Resources in Texas, Kingman Medical Center in Arizona, Houston Northwest Medical Center, Morgan County Memorial Hospital in Indiana, St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center in Arkansas, United Health Group in Wisconsin and Wirral Hospital NHS Trust in the U.K. Representative of the contracts signed this year are Kingman Regional Medical Center and Children's Hospital and Medical Center. Kingman is using Optika's healthcare solutions for patient registration, patient accounting and medical records processing. Tria Zitterkopf, Information Systems Manager at KRMC KRMC Kingman Regional Medical Center (Arizona) KRMC Kendall Regional Medical Center (Miami, Florida) KRMC Kentucky River Medical Center (Jackson, KY) , commented on why they chose Optika, "We use the SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. , MedSeries 4 product on an AS/400. We wanted a proven product designed for the healthcare industry that could store medical documents, both imaged and COLD, and that could assist in a more efficient workflow process." Children's Hospital uses MediPower for remittance processing and integration into the registration system. "We were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a system that could help us reduce our cost and improve access to information, not just store and retrieve documents. Optika offered us more functionality at a better price point," remarked Dan Albanese, Director of Finance at Children's. Optika's system has been successfully integrated into a number of different healthcare systems including SMS, HBOC HBOC HBO & Co of Georgia HBOC Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer HBOC Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carrier HBOC Hawke's Bay Orienteering Club (New Zealand) HBOC Hunter Bird Observers Club HBOC Horse Breeders and Owners Conference and ALLTEL and is being used in both small 100 bed hospital to facilities with up to 2000 beds. Damian Kush Kush: see Cush. , Manager of Healthcare at Diskriter, one of Optika's leading Healthcare Business Partners -- added, "Hospitals today are looking for total solutions for the enterprise, not just for departments, and this is where Optika is a real leader. They have proven software installed in virtually every department, for a wide variety of application solutions, in virtually every segment of the healthcare industry. The MediPower software combined with Optika's core products for document storage and retrieval, COLD and work flow is a difficult combination to beat." Optika Imaging Systems, Inc., is a leading provider of high-performance, client/server, integrated imaging software designed to meet the needs of paper intensive industries such as healthcare, financial services, insurance and retail. The Company distributes its suite of products worldwide through a network of Business Solution Partners and original equipment manufacturers. CONTACT: Optika Imaging Systems Inc. Mark Ruport or Steve Johnson, 719/548-9800 Shawn Fontenot, 214/265-0125 (Marketing Communication Mgr.) or Morgen-Walke Associates, Inc. Doug Sherk/Chris Danne/Todd Friedman, 415/296-7383 Emily Dupree, 212/850-5600 |
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