Calgary Scientific partners with INFINITT to deliver increased accessibility
Deal will benefit radiologists and patients worldwide
Calgary, AB – December 9, 2010 - Calgary Scientific Inc., a leading innovator in advanced visualization solutions and web and mobile-enabling platforms has entered into a strategic partnership with INFINITT, a leading healthcare IT company of web-based medical imaging and information solutions. The long-term technology partnership will see Calgary Scientific providing INFINITT with the revolutionary PureWeb® Software Development Kit (SDK), empowering INFINITT to dramatically enhance the web, mobile, video and collaboration capabilities of its proprietary RIS, Picture Archiving Communications Systems (PACS) and 3D imaging solutions.
For some time, INFINITT has been evaluating solutions to add leading-edge mobility and web enablement to their advanced visualization product line and Calgary Scientific’s PureWeb platform has been the only available solution to deliver on their vision to allow the latest technologies to work collectively and elevate healthcare to the next level. The PureWeb SDK dramatically extends INFINITT’s commitment to technology, integration and workflow by empowering users to work anytime, anywhere while eliminating deployment and management issues across the healthcare enterprise.
“As INFINITT continues to prove itself as one of the top PACS providers worldwide, we are pleased to announce that we are investing in a highly strategic zero footprint web strategy; our goal is to deliver our clinical applications over the web, or on any mobile device, without downloads or patient data transfers,” says Sun Joo Lee, President of INFINITT. “PureWeb from Calgary Scientific is the solution that met all of these goals and we are excited to be partners with such an innovative and highly dynamic company.”
“We are honored to be partnered and integrated with such a globally recognized medical IT company as INFINITT. INFINITT has a very large global install base and an excellent reputation for robust and quality driven advanced PACS, RIS and 3D software applications,” says Pierre Lemire, President of Calgary Scientific. “By adopting PureWeb as their foundation enabling technology, INFINITT demonstrates long term commitment to meeting the market demands for advanced zero footprint, economical and easy-to-maintain web deployment strategies. The PureWeb SDK will enable advanced web browser-based capability, state-of-the-art mobility, real-time video and collaboration on all their platforms. This will ensure that INFINITT is recognized as a technical and customer-driven leader in the industry.”
About Calgary Scientific Inc.
Calgary Scientific is dedicated to providing advanced web-enablement, mobility enhancement, collaboration and advanced visualization solutions to industries looking for secure access and use of their data or graphics intensive applications, while using their existing systems. All of these products demonstrate a leading edge web and mobile enablement capability made possible with the unique power of PureWeb™. Calgary Scientific aims to be the premier leader of truly accessible, advanced visualization solutions, in the medical imaging market, as well as the industry leaders in web and mobility enablement technologies, Calgary Scientific aims to be the premier provider of advanced visualization solutions in the medical imaging market. For more information on Calgary Scientific, go to www.calgaryscientific.com.
About INFINITT
INFINITT is an industry leader in web-based PACS development, with over a decade of experience in healthcare imaging and information management and more than 2,000 installation sites in 25 countries. With over a decade of experience, INFINITT has provided affordable, state-of-the-art medical imaging and information capabilities to numerous Radiology, Cardiology, Orthopedics, and Dental healthcare facilities worldwide. Since the early origins of medical imaging and information technology, including Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS), 3D Visualization, Radiology Information System (RIS), and Clinical Information System (CIS), our primary objective has been to develop the most advanced, cutting edge medical imaging and information solutions. Augmenting that objective is our strict compliance with worldwide industry standards such as DICOM, HL7, IHE, and HIPAA.
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Calgary Scientific Inc.
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