"This is a service we anticipate will help considerably in facilitating both our acute and more routine distance consulting efforts, thereby extending the considerable expertise we have at the UF College of Medicine and within the Shands Healthcare system to help patients throughout Florida," said Dr. Anthony A. Mancuso, professor and chairman, Department of Radiology, UF College of Medicine and Shands HealthCare.
"Access to images is a growing - and critical - part of the healthcare system. lifeIMAGE is taking the initiative to provide this access for any number of clinical uses across all image-intensive specialties," said Hamid Tabatabaie, president and chief executive officer, lifeIMAGE. "Shands HealthCare, Sarasota Memorial, Baystate Medical and Cook Children's all share a dedication to quality care and serve as major referral centers, performing an incredible number of annual image exams. These new relationships demonstrate the expansion of lifeIMAGE's clinically valuable network for sharing critical imaging information."
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"The big story behind these new customers is that we're at the forefront of an emerging market in the healthcare industry and will ultimately change the way healthcare institutions share information. We're clearly already meeting the needs of radiologists, who have been at the vanguard of technology automation adoption for two decades. At the same time, we're meeting the growing need for better access to exam records by professionals beyond radiology, across a spectrum of healthcare specialty practices," said Tabatabaie.
lifeIMAGE customers perform nearly six million imaging exams annually, including 1.5 million for these new customers alone. Eleven of the nation's 'Best Hospitals,' as ranked by U.S. News & World Report's 2009-2010 survey, have already selected lifeIMAGE.
About lifeIMAGE
lifeIMAGE provides an Internet service for universal e-sharing of diagnostic imaging information. The service is designed to connect hospitals, radiology groups, and physicians, to their patients everywhere. lifeIMAGE makes it possible to securely deliver or receive patient imaging information wherever needed from wherever the information originates. The goal of the lifeIMAGE platform is to help avoid duplicate exams and eliminate unnecessary patient exposure to excessive radiation. In an era of concerns about rising healthcare costs, lifeIMAGE is investing in a platform that helps advance patient care, while reducing $10 to $15 billion of unnecessary costs. For more information visit www.lifeimage.com.
