Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, has implemented IMPAX, its archiving and communication system (PACS) at the University Hospital in Krakow, Poland. The installation replaces the hospital's existing system of disparate, standalone diagnostic stations with an IMPAX 6 solution, which fully integrates with the radiology information system (RIS) and the hospital information system (HIS).
High-volume imaging environment
The 200-year old University Hospital in Krakow is comprised of 32 departments and 60 out-patient clinics. As a referral hospital covering practically all medical specialties, it serves the 6 million people in the south-eastern region of Poland. Some 37 million medical images are taken each year within the hospital, equaling a total of about 19 terabytes of data.
In addition to serving patients, the University Hospital in Krakow is very active in research, medical education and other medical projects. International cooperation plays an important role in the hospital's development strategy.
Best-of-breed Agfa HealthCare PACS solution
To better manage the large amount of imaging data, the University Hospital selected Agfa HealthCare to implement IMPAX, which integrates with both its existing RIS and HIS systems. The solution, whose installation was completed on 4 February 2011, includes four blade servers, 25 diagnostic display stations and VMware virtualization technology. Data is managed in an Oracle database, with long-term archiving in the LTO library. All patient information is protected with the highest security level.
Advanced, user-friendly and proven system
"Agfa HealthCare was selected because it fulfilled our tender specifications, demanding an advanced yet user-friendly system, which has been proven in facilities like ours around the world," comments Professor Andrzej Urbanik, Head of the department of Diagnostic Imaging of the University Hospital in Krakow. "Agfa HealthCare's solutions also offer us the possibility to grow and develop. We use the most advanced and modern medical equipment for diagnosis, and are committed to improving our medical and administrative data flow and data processing. Agfa HealthCare supports us in these goals."
Largest PACS in Poland helps fulfill hospital development strategy
"We were pleased to take our relationship with the University Hospital in Krakow another step forward," says Andrzej Wieczorek, Country Sales Director for Agfa HealthCare Poland. "This is now the largest PACS installation in Poland: appropriate in an enterprise devoted not only to serving patients, but also to advancements in research and medical education. We look forward to continuing to work with the University Hospital in Krakow to fulfill its development strategy."
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About Agfa
The Agfa-Gevaert Group is one of the world's leading companies in imaging and information technology. Agfa develops manufactures and markets analogue and digital systems for the printing industry (Agfa Graphics), for the healthcare sector (Agfa HealthCare), and for specific industrial applications (Agfa Materials). Agfa is headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium. The company is present in 40 countries and has agents in another 100 countries around the globe. The Agfa-Gevaert Group achieved a turnover of 2,755 million euro in 2009.
About Agfa HealthCare
Agfa HealthCare, a member of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, is a leading global provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions. The company has nearly a century of healthcare experience and has been a pioneer on the healthcare IT market since the early 1990's. Today Agfa HealthCare designs, develops and delivers state-of-the-art systems for capturing, managing and processing diagnostic images and clinical/administrative information for hospitals and healthcare facilities, as well as contrast media solutions to enable effective medical imaging results. The company has sales offices and agents in over 100 markets worldwide. Sales for Agfa HealthCare in 2009 were 1,178 million euro.