CHICAGO — RALEIGH, N.C. — NOV. 29, 2004 — RSNA MISYS BOOTH #5359  — Casa Grande Regional Medical Center (CGRMC) in Casa Grande, Ariz., is implementing the Misys PACS Integration Module and Misys Image Management solutions to improve radiologists’ workflow and turnaround time and to enhance the care quality of its growing patient population. Misys Healthcare Systems’ RIS-PACS solution, deployed through a strategic alliance with eRad/Image Medical™, will send images to physicians in both inpatient and outpatient settings using the Misys PACS Integration Module.

The two solutions will interface with the Misys Radiology™  information system installed two years ago to process more than 70,000 diagnostic imaging examinations annually at CGRMC, a Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) accredited organization.  The 201-bed non-profit acute care facility joins a growing number of Misys customers deploying all three Misys Optimum™ clinical applications serving a Radiology/PACS function to realize full integration between RIS and PACS technologies. Misys Image Management is a Web-based picture archiving communication system (PACS) powered by eRad/Image Medical developed technology. 

“Misys Image Management‘s interpretation of imaging studies — which replaces film-based operations — enables our radiologists to turnaround images and reports instantaneously to physicians working in either the hospital or an outpatient office for faster diagnosis and treatment,” said J. Marty Dernier, president and chief executive officer at Casa Grande Regional Medical Center. “From a cost perspective, this is a great advantage that supports our amplified care needs in line with Casa Grande’s rapid growth. The PACS addresses today’s healthcare labor shortage by improving workflow, increasing productivity and scaling with rising patient volume without adding staff for the short term.”

Misys Radiology and Misys Image Management are traditionally two separate systems connected via a translation broker.  The two solutions work in concert to enable radiologists, technologists, physicians and other clinicians to examine, store and distribute digital medical images.  The Misys PACS Integration Module is the company’s innovative technology that unifies a healthcare organization’s radiology information system, the various modalities and PACS to essentially communicate in the same language without a broker and improve interoperability.

Dernier noted the Misys RIS-PACS solution gives CGRMC a competitive edge in attracting referring physicians interested in enhancing the efficiency of their physician practice.  “We have an established base of physicians associated with our operations,” he said. “We believe the imaging technology’s capability of providing instant Internet download access to images and results at outpatient offices will convince doctors to choose our care services.”

“The entire staff at CGRMC is fired up about the PACS system. They're all active in training sessions, asking questions afterwards, and clearly committed to learning the system and improving their workflow, productivity and image management,” said Bobby Roe, applications specialist at eRad/Image Medical, during the installation and user training.  “Misys has done a great job of ensuring total customer buy-in, and it shows in every area.”

“Integrating Misys Radiology with PACS means faster diagnosis and treatment as well as lower costs of operations,” said Dave Jones, B.S., R.T. (R), senior product manager at Misys Healthcare Systems. “The intuitive and user-friendly Misys RIS-PACS solution turns any personal computer into a review station available to share images and information to positively influence outcomes.”

For further information, please contact:

Misys Healthcare Systems
Angela D. Jenkins, Public Relations Manager
(303) 364-9957
angela.jenkins@misyshealthcare.com

About Casa Grande Regional Medical Center (CGRMC)Located in Casa Grande, Ariz., Casa Grande Regional Medical Center (CGRMC) is an acute care 201-bed hospital, offering complete 24-hour emergency facilities.  Nursing units include observation, intensive care, surgical, telemetry, medical, pediatrics, and obstetrics.  Outpatient services and procedures are also available, including a new cardiac catheterization lab and GI Lab. CGRMC is JCAHO accredited / Medicare certified. For more information, visit wwww.casagrandehospital.com.

About eRad/Image MedicaleRAD, Inc. was founded in 1999 in Allentown, Pa., and later merged with Image Medical Corporation whose roots are in the Silicon Valley. Currently, there are over 75 installed sites across the U.S. using eRAD/Image Medical's Web-enabled PACS and Image Management products. EIM is a standards based company, using open systems architecture and high quality off the shelf hardware whenever possible. eRAD/Image Medical has built an extraordinary level of functionality, security, fault tolerance, and resiliency into its system. For more information, visit www.eradimagemedical.com.

About Misys Healthcare SystemsMisys Healthcare Systems, one of the top five healthcare IT companies in North America, develops and supports reliable, easy-to-use software and services of exceptional quality that enable physicians and caregivers to more easily manage the complexities of healthcare. With 25 years of industry experience, Misys currently serves more than 92,000 physicians in 18,000 practice locations, 1,250 hospitals, 600 home care providers and hundreds of commercial laboratories, clinics, managed services and other related organizations.  Misys’ family of leading clinical products and Web-based technologies - Misys Optimum™ solutions - are designed from the ground up to share patient data across all medical care settings. Misys Optimum connects community-based physicians and caregivers to the acute care enterprise, enabling increased efficiencies, better decision-making and improved hospital-physician relations. For more information, visit www.misyshealthcare.com.

About Misys plc
Misys plc, the global software products and solutions company, serves customers in the international banking and securities, international healthcare, and UK general insurance industries.  Through a wholly owned subsidiary, Sesame, it also provides business process outsourcing services to independent financial advisors (IFAs) in the UK.  Misys partners with its customers to deliver outstanding IT solutions to essential industries, and employs over 6,000 people internationally. 

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