Merge Healthcare Announces Nation's Largest Medical Image Sharing Network
October 05 2011 - 7:35AM
Merge Healthcare (Nasdaq:MRGE), a leading provider of enterprise
imaging and interoperability solutions, today announced Merge
Honeycomb, a revolutionary new cloud-based service that will enable
users to upload, download, view, and share medical images – at no
cost.
"With Merge Honeycomb, we're harnessing the cloud in a way that
encourages and enables faster collaboration among all healthcare
stakeholders, resulting in a true improvement in the delivery of
care and reduction of costs," said Jeff Surges, CEO of Merge
Healthcare. "With the largest network of imaging clients by far,
Merge is taking this important step to connect the healthcare
industry and expand interoperability."
Announced today at the Merge Live 2011 Client Conference,
attended by over 500 healthcare professionals, Merge Honeycomb will
be the nation's largest medical imaging sharing network and is open
to anyone. Merge Honeycomb will officially be launched at the
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Conference in Chicago
in November, 2011. Users can pre-register now for this free
service at www.merge.com/honeycomb.aspx.
Merge Honeycomb will solve a myriad of costly healthcare
challenges. It will reduce the need for duplicative scans,
which costs the industry an average of $35 billion a year and
exposes patients to harmful and unnecessary radiation. (According
to a 2010 study by the Center for Devices and Radiological Health
and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the radiation level
in one CT scan of the abdomen is approximately the same as 400
chest x-rays.)
Merge Honeycomb will also eliminate the archaic practice of
using patients as transport vehicles. The need to burn X-rays,
CT Scans, MRIs and other images onto CDs will be a thing of the
past. When a physician needs to view images, they can log into
the image sharing network via any web
browser.
It also speeds the time to treatment. Referring physicians
will be able to view images in real-time and make diagnoses
accordingly. And because the network is permission based,
images can only be viewed by those who have been granted
privilege.
"As a long time partner with Merge, we believe in the value of
image sharing," said Gregory Veltri, CIO of Denver Health. "We're
excited about the technology and business possibilities, in
addition to the potential quality benefits that may result from
Merge moving to the cloud."
About Merge Healthcare
Merge Healthcare is a leading provider of enterprise imaging and
interoperability solutions, with a client base consisting of more
than 1,500 hospitals and 6,000 clinics across the country. Merge
solutions facilitate the sharing of images to create a more
effective and efficient electronic healthcare experience for
patients and physicians. Merge provides enterprise imaging
solutions for radiology, cardiology, orthopaedics and eye care; a
suite of products for clinical trials; software for financial and
pre-surgical management, and applications that fuel the largest
modality vendors in the world. Merge's products have been used by
healthcare providers, vendors and researchers worldwide to improve
patient care for more than 20 years. Additional information can be
found at www.merge.com.
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Merge Honeycomb as described herein is a works-in-progress.
Merge Healthcare is not legally obligated to develop or continue to
develop such works-in-progress that may include the features and
functionality described herein.
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forward-looking statements, which could involve a number of risks
and uncertainties. When used in this press release, the words
"will," "believes," "intends," "anticipates," "expects" and similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in, or
implied by, such forward-looking statements. Except as expressly
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obligation to update such factors or to publicly announce the
results of any of the forward-looking statements.
CONTACT: Press Contact:
Brenda Stewart
Director, Marketing Communications
773.726.8901 | brenda.stewart@merge.com
Catherine Riedel
312.209.0250
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