Kodak rolls out VIParchive at SCAR

Eastman Kodak Health Imaging has released its DirectView Versatile Intelligent Patient Archive (VIParchive) software in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

VIParchive, on display at this week's annual meeting of the Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR) in Vancouver, provides centralized, enterprise-wide management of images and information, as well as back-office systems including purchasing, inventory, and other records systems, according to the Rochester, NY-based vendor.

Kodak has also introduced a Web-based service to remotely monitor its digital imaging equipment at customer installations, and is launching worldwide secure e-mail services designed to allow patient medical information to be shared in accordance with privacy and security standards from different countries.

In other SCAR demonstrations, Kodak is highlighting an integrated network combining its PACS System 5, RIS 2010, and VIParchive offerings. The firm is also featuring a work-in-progress PACS for digital mammography images.

In other Kodak news, the company said that Doshi Diagnostic Imaging Services of Hicksville, NY, is the first U.S. customer to deploy the vendor's Enterprise Information Management (EIM) services, which provide management of medical images and information stored in diverse platforms at multiple locations. The EIM services, which include installation and integration of VIParchive, will manage and store 35,000 imaging studies a month at Doshi's nine multimodality imaging centers in New York City and Long Island, Kodak said.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
May 20, 2004

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