ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--The next time your doctor reviews your X-rays don't be alarmed if he looks at his hand instead of a wall-mounted display. Chances are he is just using a new system that gives him the ability to see your images on his smartphone or PDA instead of a standard radiography display.

ICIS PocketPACS, the newest member of healthcare software developer Global Care Quest, Inc.'s Integrated Clinical Information System (ICIS) line up, is an advanced viewing application that can take images from virtually any Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) and send it to a handheld device or mobile smartphone via wireless Internet or high-speed cellular phone network. The system displays and manipulates chest X-rays, bone X-rays, CT scans, MRI scans, and most other medical imaging modalities.

"Talk to nearly any doctor today and he's going to tell you he's a highly mobile professional," said GCQ chief executive Cleve Adams. "He's on the road, in the office, in the hospital. Even when he's in one location he's always moving. As such, it's important that his patient information be at his fingertips no matter where he is. ICIS PocketPACS delivers that kind of mobility to medical imaging."


ICIS PocketPACS mobile PACS viewer for handhelds and smartphonesICIS PocketPACSBeyond simple image display, ICIS PocketPACS offers a number of advanced viewing functions including zoom, pan, multi-slice scrolling, Cine mode, window-level contrast adjustments, and Image inversion and rotation. The system will display all PACS images at the maximum screen size and image resolution of which the handheld device is capable. In most situations ICIS PocketPACS displays diagnostic quality images suitable for assessment and patient triaging.

ICIS PocketPACS integrates with nearly every PACS or DICOM-capable system, including those from Kodak, GE Healthcare, and Agfa, as well as many others. It can also be used as part of the complete ICIS Mobile solution that provides real time access to electronic medical records, bedside monitoring equipment, physician's notes, labs and more.

"GCQ's mission is to deliver technology that removes the geographical barriers between physician, hospitals, and their patients,," Adams said. "ICIS PocketPACS is another step toward delivering universal access to the critical patient information doctors need whenever and wherever they need it."

ICIS PocketPACS will be available in October 2006.

About Global Care Quest
Global Care Quest is the developer of the Integrated Clinical Information System (ICIS) which performs real time integration and delivery of digital medical records, charting, bedside monitoring equipment and laboratory results to physicians and medical teams via stationary and wireless PCs as well as handheld wireless devices. ICIS improves access to patient data, enhances patient safety, and trims the cost of care by delivering critical patient information when and where it's needed. Founded in 2005, the company is venture backed by Lexington Ventures and headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California. For more information on Global Care Quest and ICIS, please contact Global Care Quest, 65 Enterprise, Suite 430, Aliso Viejo, California 92656, tel: (949) 330-7450, email: press(at)globalcarequest.com. Or visit the GCQ website at www.globalcarequest.com.

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