MILWAUKEE, May 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Merge Healthcare, , a leading medical imaging software and services provider, today announced that Colmar General Hospital has awarded the company a contract for the Fusion aXigate(TM) clinical information management platform and numerous associated software modules, which will create an enterprise- wide, information-based workflow in the hospital.
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The contract represents a comprehensive revision of the 1,339-bed medical center's image and information management systems, and includes an electronic patient record (EPR), order and prescription management, computerized prescription order, emergency management, bed and patient identity management, reporting tools, laboratory server and pathology.
Fusion aXigate(TM) is an advanced web-based solution for patient, medical and clinical process management, that unifies the entire healthcare enterprise by integrating information from many different, previously isolated systems. With its open, modular architecture, Fusion aXigate(TM) is designed to be scalable, enabling customers to add new functionality through plug-in modules.
By providing a folder-based approach to medical information management, Fusion aXigate(TM) displays relevant information to different healthcare professionals at the click of a button. Specialists can use a variety of modules in Fusion aXigate(TM) to incorporate clinical content into the patient database. This unique clinical content can be stored and accessed through a standard interface that provides a comprehensive portrait of medical images, diagnoses and test results from oncology, psychiatry, radiology, surgery and more.
"Our aim is to reorient the information management system around patient care," says Roland Santagelo, Executive at Colmar General Hospital. "Specifically, we want to improve tracking of patient care through an automated medical information system and increase productivity via overall computerization of information and image management functions. The Fusion aXigate(TM) solution, with its rich variety of software modules, meets all of these needs very well and we are pleased to work with Merge Healthcare in the Fusion aXigate(TM) implementation."
"After an intensive and thoughtful evaluation of their present and future needs, officials at Colmar General Hospital selected our Fusion aXigate(TM) solution," says Vincent Leclerc, General Manager, Merge Healthcare France. "We're delighted and honored that hospital officials here recognized the unique benefits of Fusion aXigate(TM) to help them with such a strategic project for increasing the quality of patient care and for streamlining workflow."
Merge Healthcare is a market leader in the development and delivery of medical imaging and information management software and services. Our innovative software solutions use leading-edge imaging software technologies that accelerate market delivery for our OEM customers, while our end-user solutions improve our customers' productivity and enhance the quality of patient care they provide. For additional information, visit our website at http://www.mergehealthcare.com .
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