100 Millionth Agfa PACS Study Captured At QMC, Nottingham

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Article Date: 06 Feb 2008 - 1:00 PDT

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The 100 millionth Agfa HealthCare PACS study, across the LSP North East and East and East Midlands Clusters, was captured by Queens Medical Centre (QMC) part of the Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust in December 2007. This marked a huge milestone in the nationwide switch from X-ray film to digital image capture.

Over £1 million has been saved in terms of film processing, maintenance and staff costs since the simultaneous installation of Agfa HealthCare's IMPAXTM to 3,500 users across the NUH NHS Trust. As part of the National Program for IT, NUH was one of the first Trusts within the two Agfa HealthCare PACS clusters to be installed with the Agfa PACS solution. These systems are now in use on a 24 / 7 basis.

Andrew Fearn, Director of Health Informatics, at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust comments on the capture of the 100 millionth Agfa HealthCare PACS study and the effect the technology has had on the Trust. "PACS has impacted on every aspect of healthcare delivery across our Trust and the patients we serve. Agfa IMPAX has improved the relevancy and efficiency of multi-disciplinary team meetings, whether the participants are all in one room or in multiple rooms across various locations. It has enabled the faster treatment of patients and moreover it delivers a far safer treatment pathway, entirely eliminating the problem of lost files."

December 2007 was also the month that Agfa HealthCare completed the roll-out of its IMPAX PACS across its clusters as part of the National Program for IT. Having been initially installed with IMPAX version 5 in Phase I of the deployment, NUH is now awaiting its upgrade to the more advanced IMPAX version 6 in Phase II. This will bring additional functionality and further benefits to staff and patients alike.

About Agfa

The Agfa-Gevaert Group is one of the world's leading imaging and information technology companies. Agfa develops, manufactures and markets analogue and digital systems for the printing industry (Agfa Graphics), the healthcare sector (Agfa HealthCare) and film related products and specific industrial applications (Agfa Materials). Agfa's headquarters are in Mortsel, Belgium. The company is present in 40 countries and has agents in another 100 countries throughout the world. The Agfa-Gevaert Group achieved a turnover of 3401 million Euro in 2006.

About Agfa HealthCare

Agfa HealthCare, a member of the Agfa - Gevaert Group, is a leading provider of IT-enabled clinical workflow and image management solutions, and state-of-the-art systems for capturing, processing and printing images in hospitals and healthcare facilities. The company has over a century of experience in diagnostic imaging and has been a pioneer on the healthcare IT market since the early 1990's. Agfa HealthCare today employs 5,700 staff members, with sales offices and representatives in over 100 markets worldwide. Sales for Agfa HealthCare in 2006 were 1452 million Euro, accounting for 43% of total group sales.

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