Andrea Fiumicelli, Executive Vice-President IT Agfa HealthCare, comments as follows: "ORBIS has gone into regular operation on the exact day planned in the nine Vivantes Clinics - with 17 different locations and a total of around 3,400 workstations. We have again demonstrated our competency in implementing projects of all sizes, this time with one of the largest European IT projects in the healthcare sector. The immediate beneficiaries of this project are not only the users among the medical and nursing staff but certainly all Vivantes patients as well."

Marko Schmitz, Head of Sales HIS/LIS at Agfa HealthCare DACH, is pleased about the speed of implementation of this project of considerable size and complexity: "Right from the start, the ambitious objectives and the scope of this major project called for a centralized structure and a very tight timetable. This success and the seamless progression from one hospital to the next could never have been achieved without the smooth collaboration and clear vision of the project managers at Vivantes."


In 2007, Vivantes' primary focus will be the digital processing of medical images, films and videos. The hospitals of the group will be equipped with Radiology Information Systems based on the new ORBIS user philosophy NICE (New Interface for COOL Ergonomics). In addition, Picture Archiving and Communication Systems will be installed in specialist departments, such as Endoscopy. Other ORBIS modules (for nursing care), the Management Information Center (MIC) and a web portal will provide continuous improvement of economic efficiency and the delivery of patient care.

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