June 5, 2006, Chapel Hill, NC and Andover, Mass. --Philips has generously donated and installed iSite PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System) and a three-year service agreement valued at close to $90,000 in the Division of Radiologic Sciences new teaching laboratory in University of North Carolina (UNC)-Chapel Hill School of Medicine's Burnett Womack Building. A ribbon cutting was held June 5 in the Burnett Womack teaching laboratory.

"Philips iSite PACS suite is cutting edge technology that will dramatically improve the quality of instruction for students at the start of 2006-07 academic year," said Professor Joy Renner, Director of the Division of Radiologic Science. "The long-term benefit of this important contribution to our division will be improved patient care throughout North Carolina when our students start their careers as radiologist assistants and radiologic technologists (radiographers) in medical centers and community hospitals."

iSite PACS is an innovative image and information management system that delivers on-demand diagnostic-quality images over existing networks, advanced radiology reading stations for radiologists, and "always online" long-term storage. The technology increases image availability and overall reading efficiency and will allow instructors the opportunity to focus on teaching students the importance ofpatient diagnosis.


"We are proud to be a part of the UNC students' learning experience-helping students prepare for their careers in healthcare," said Oran Muduroglu, CEO, Healthcare Informatics, for Philips Medical Systems. "Philips is committed to the improvement of peoples' lives by enabling more effective and efficient care through applications such as iSite PACS."

The Division of Radiologic Science is one of seven divisions in UNC-Chapel Hill's Department of Allied Health Sciences (AHS) in the School of Medicine. Radiologic science is a health profession concerned with medical imaging for diagnosis and assessment of disease and injury. The Division offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Radiologic Science, a certificate program in Radiography, and a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program for radiologist assistants. Since 1977, the Division has been committed to educating radiologist assistants and radiologic technologists to join North Carolina's health care workforce with 80 percent of the Division's 254 alumni working and residing in the state.

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