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(HIMSS15, Booth 1248) With value-based care as its central mission for 2015 and beyond, Agfa HealthCare will unveil enhancements to its suite of technologies during HIMSS15 that are designed to integrate multiple points of data consolidation and access with its Enterprise Imaging platform. The new capabilities will be on display at the HIMSS15 Annual Conference & Exhibition, April 12-16, 2015 in Chicago.

Developed as a care-centric, standards-based workflow platform, Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging improves interoperability and enables hospital groups, Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs), and public/private health information exchanges (HIEs) to create and efficiently share unified patient records containing both images and textual information within the EHR. Since launching its consolidated platform strategy at RSNA 2014, Agfa HealthCare has introduced several technology advancements, including Enterprise Imaging for Cardiology and Enterprise Imaging for Radiology, and its integrated care Portal, that are designed to enable efficient access to and management of actionable medical data. During HIMSS15, Agfa HealthCare will be showcasing these technologies, as well as enhancements to its Real Time Location Solution (RTLS), to guide hospitals and health systems as they "envision the future of care".

"Value-based care has become the rallying cry for the U.S. healthcare industry, and all participants in our health system are striving to enable the delivery of high quality, efficient, and cost-effective medical care throughout the care continuum," stated James Jay, Global Vice President, Imaging IT, Agfa HealthCare. "As we envision the future of care, Agfa HealthCare's mission is to bring value to the healthcare system through advanced technologies that enable quality care through quality data. The launch of our enhanced Enterprise Imaging platform is central to this mission as it provides hospitals and networks with an incrementally deployed, value-based diagnostic and reference image management solution designed to improve collaboration across disciplines, reduce costs, and increase operational efficiency."

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