BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Emageon Inc. , a leading provider of enterprise visual medical systems to hospitals and healthcare networks, announced today that it has entered into a digital healthcare information management agreement with Meridian Health, a leading integrated delivery system (IDN) serving central New Jersey.
Together with Emageon, Meridian will be implementing a system-wide digital image management and visualization system. The enterprise system is designed to enhance patient care through state-of-the-art diagnostic tools that will be available to its physicians anywhere, anytime. Emageon will provide software that distributes advanced diagnostic tools across the entire healthcare system, giving physicians the ability to more effectively diagnose, communicate and treat patient conditions. The digital environment is designed to automate workflow to reduce/eliminate errors and create for clinicians and other personnel a more productive work environment.
"We selected Emageon after an exhaustive review process," said Becki Weber, Meridian's CIO. "Their technological understanding and practical application of the tools that physicians use in the treatment and patient management process was a motivating factor in the final decision. As Meridian evolves to a complete continuum of care EMR, information and diagnostic tools must be delivered in a method that will accelerate broad-based adoption of a digital work environment by personnel and clinicians. We are confident this will occur with Emageon."
"We are very pleased to enter this relationship with Meridian Health, which is consistently ranked as one the most technically advanced healthcare systems in the United States," said Chuck Jett, Emageon's Chairman and CEO. "We are excited to be working with the talented team of clinicians and IT professionals at Meridian as we work together to implement this vision at their facilities."
"This agreement is an important milestone for Emageon," Jett continued, "as it is our first combined sale of the Emageon Enterprise Visual Medical System with the full suite of Camtronics' cardiology imaging products. This combined solution is a demonstration of why it was important to us to acquire Camtronics Medical Systems."
About Meridian Health
Meridian Health is the healthcare leader in Monmouth and Ocean counties, providing quality health services, facilities and programs at multiple locations including Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, Ocean Medical Center in Brick and Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank. With its 7,500 dedicated employees and affiliations with over 1,400 of the area's finest physicians, Meridian offers some of the most advanced care available in the world of medicine.
About Emageon Inc.
Emageon provides an enterprise-level advanced visualization and infrastructure solution for the clinical analysis and management of digital medical images within multi-hospital networks, community hospitals and diagnostic imaging centers. Emageon's web-enabled software provides physicians in multiple medical specialties with dynamic tools to manipulate and analyze images in two and three dimensions. With these tools physicians have the ability to better understand internal anatomic structure and pathology, which can improve clinical diagnoses, disease screening and therapy planning. Emageon's open standards-based solution is designed to help customers improve staff productivity, automate complex medical imaging workflow, lower total cost of ownership and provide better service to physicians and patients. On November 1, 2005, Emageon announced that it had acquired Camtronics Medical Systems, Ltd., a leading provider of cardiology image and information management systems. For more information, please visit http://www.emageon.com.
Emageon Inc.CONTACT: Bill Funderburk of Emageon, +1-205-980-7542, orbill.funderburk@emageon.com
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