7 New Sites Select CoActiv EXAM-VAULT® Archiving for Integrationwith Hologic® Digital Mammography Systems
June 7, 2007 – Providence, RI – CoActiv Medical, the innovative developer and marketer ofradiology and related healthcare imaging information technologies, announces the selection of itsEXAM-VAULT® QUAD-REDUNDANT ARCHIVING™ solution by seven imaging facilitiesfor integration with Hologic® Selenia™ digital full field mammography systems. The hospitalsand imaging centers selected CoActiv for its advanced technology and affordable price, afterconsidering a full range of archiving options—from independently owned and maintainedarchiving hardware to competing managed solution providers.
New installations include:
- Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
- Putnam Hospital Center, Carmel, NY
- Northeast Radiology, Brewster NY
- Northeast Radiology, Danbury, CT
- Mt. Kisco Radiology, Mt. Kisco, NY
- Candlewood Center for Women’s Health, Danbury, CT
- Lawrence Hospital Center, Bronxville, NY
“Because of the large size of digital mammography files, sites often must upgradeexisting archives following conversion,” said Edward Heere, President and CEO of CoActivMedical. “As a managed archive service with an extremely affordable fee-per-study pricestructure, CoActiv makes expanding storage space easy and extremely affordable. With eachimage stored in four separate locations, data is ultra-secure. Moreover, our service relieves medical facilities of archive maintenance, as well as concerns about scalablity and technicalobsolescence.”
“Increasingly Hologic is becoming the choice for high-quality full-field digitalmammography,” said Heere, noting that likewise CoActiv is becoming the preferred supplier fordigital mammography exam storage, as imaging sites focus on implementing comprehensivehigh-performance solutions from acquisition through archive.
Today, digital technology is rapidly becoming the new standard of care inmammography, as women increasingly seek out providers that offer this cutting edgetechnology. “Many of our clients have indicated that they must go digital to remaincompetitive,” he said.
CoActiv EXAM-VAULT sets new standards in image archiving efficiency and storagesafety, particularly important in digital mammography which mandates access to prior exams forcomparison with new studies. Large mammography datasets demand efficient communicationfor exam recall.
With EXAM-VAULT’s geographically diverse archiving locations, data is backed up andautomatically mirrored to ensure both disaster recovery and business continuity. For ultra-fastdata access and optimum security, recently CoActiv entered into a relationship involving Level 3Communications, one of the world’s largest communications and Internet backbones, to create anew Tier-IV data storage center in Stamford, CT. The center will provide the ability forongoing, secure access to medical images and records in more than 23 cities in 15 Europeancountries as well as 77 major U.S. and North American cities on an as-needed basis. The newcenter is complemented by the existing EXAM-VAULT archive facility in Tarrytown, NY.
CoActiv EXAM-VAULT can be integrated with most other PACS to offer an affordableand highly scalable archiving solution for radiology, cardiology, orthopedic and patient treatmentdepartments at facilities and practices of any size or specialty.
About CoActiv MedicalCoActiv Medical is a software and IT systems provider to hospitals and imaging centers,offering a complete line of PACS, teleradiology and DICOM utilities through their EXAMPACS® picture archiving and communications system. EXAM-PACS is an all-inclusive,affordable, enterprise PACS solution with image management tools designed for easy integrationinto imaging facilities of all sizes and specialties. CoActiv also offers modular PACScomponents, including the EXAM-FILER® CD-Burning Solution, EXAM-VAULT® ArchiveSolution, patent-pending EXAM-SENDER® Referring Physician System, EXAM-3D™ fullfeatured3D color reconstruction and visualization, and EXAM-NET™ Teleradiology suite.These are available separately for integration into existing imaging facilities. Contact CoActivat (203) 431-0002; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; www.coactiv.com.
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