lifeIMAGE (www.lifeimage.com), provider of the medical image e-sharing platform, is the leading choice for the nation's top hospitals and medical centers choosing a network to connect medical staff - radiologists and non-radiologists alike - to vital patient imaging exams. lifeIMAGE announced new agreements to deploy its diagnostic image sharing technology within the country's most renowned medical centers, including Shands HealthCare, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Baystate Medical Center and Cook Children's Health Care System joining other prestigious hospital systems in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and more. These institutions represent top-rated specialty practices in neurology, cardiology, pediatrics and more, and perform millions of imaging studies annually.

- Shands (Gainesville, Fla.), a top 50 healthcare system with nine hospitals and 80 practice areas, will use lifeIMAGE initially for neurosurgical referrals.
- Sarasota Memorial (Sarasota, Fla.), among the largest acute care health systems in Florida and named by Forbes among the top five percent of hospitals in America, will solve its incoming CD issues and expedite cardiology referrals using lifeIMAGE.
- Baystate (Springfield, Mass.), one of Leapfrog Group's top 45 hospitals in the U.S. for quality and efficiency, a Thomson Reuters Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospital, and a U.S. News & World Report 'Best Hospital' for endocrine and diabetes care, is the western campus of Tufts University School of Medicine and has won six Beacon Awards for Critical Care Excellence and is designated a Magnet Hospital for nursing excellence. It will use lifeIMAGE technology to manage incoming CD issues, especially in emergency room trauma cases.

- Cook Children's (Ft. Worth, Tex.), a magnet facility for pediatric care for Fort Worth and 90 counties in North Central and West Texas, and one of U.S. News & World Report's 'Best Children's Hospitals 2010-2011,' will use lifeIMAGE to manage incoming CD issues for pediatric referrals and pediatric trauma cases.

lifeIMAGE expands access to patients' medical histories beyond the radiology department through its cloud-based diagnostic image e-sharing platform, serving complex specialty practices and diverse health care systems. lifeIMAGE allows patients, physicians and hospitals to electronically collect, share and view diagnostic imaging records from any facility, which solves the issue of CD incompatibility, reducing time and cost associated with redundant exams, and avoiding excessive radiation exposure for patients.

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