Agfa HealthCare chosen to help drive Canadian Province New Brunswick e- Health Program

MORTSEL, BELGIUM, Mar 31 (MARKET WIRE) --

Diagnostic imaging repository powered by Agfa HealthCare gives healthcare
providers secure access to vital patient information, regardless of location

Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of IT-enabled clinical workflow and
diagnostic
imaging solutions, announces today it has been selected as the vendor of
choice by New Brunswick, one of Canada's provinces, to deliver a Diagnostic
Imaging Repository (DI-r). The agreement is a major step forward for the
province as it leaps forward with its e-Health strategy - One Patient One
Record - which will provide the infrastructure and functionality required to
capture, store, view and link relevant patient information for its 740,000
residents.

New Brunswick has partnered with Canada Health Infoway, which is
contributing $18.2 million to the overall initiative, with the remaining
$17.7 million coming from the province. The province expects to implement its
One
Patient One Record system during the next three years.

Working with established partners for delivering consulting and
implementation services, Agfa HealthCare will create a Diagnostic Imaging
Repository
based on its IMPAX(R) Data Center concept, for consolidating images and
radiology reports into a central system. The information can be retained for
a patient's lifetime, and is available in a standardized format, for the use
of authorized clinicians. Doctors, nurses and technologists will have secure
log-in access
to relevant prior patient images, regardless of where they were acquired. Not
only will the repository help clinicians make informed decisions about the
optimal care given to patients, healthcare facilities can also expect to
significantly reduce costs, by for example, avoiding the duplication of imaging
exams due to lost paper files.

"The drive toward the implementation of the One Patient One Record system
shows
that New Brunswick is a true Canadian e-Health leader," said Michael Green,
President and CEO of Agfa HealthCare Canada. "Leveraging Agfa HealthCare's
interoperable technology, this province-wide repository addresses the need for
integration across healthcare facilities. Not only will this provide more
informeddecision making, it will also enhance the delivery of patient care for
the
residents of New Brunswick.''

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