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Cedara Image Management Systems

In today’s changing world, a RIS on its own is fast becoming outmoded technology. Integrating the capability to display radiology images into the workflow of a RIS system is widely recognized as empowering radiology users to be more effective at their work. After reviewing a number of vendor’s products, we chose to partner with Cedara. The reasons we chose Cedara are no different to the needs of our customers. The following are some of the reasons:

----• We wanted to partner with an industry leader in Medical
------Imaging Software development. This is the same reason
------why some of the largest suppliers to radiology
------throughout the world use Cedara software at the core of
------their products.
----• We wanted to partner with a company who set trends within
------the radiology imaging industry not just followed the trends.
----• We had users who were using Cedara software already and
------found it easier and more powerful than competing
------software being used by them at other institutions.
----• We wanted a partner that was financially secure and
------would not leave us unsupported.
----• We wanted to work with a company that would work with
------us, provide the level of support required of a product of
------this nature and provide software that Comrad could
------tightly integrate with.
----• We saw that the future of radiology is destined to extend
------far beyond the need for software to replace film on a
------light box. We saw that users needed increased
------functionality to enable them to:
------------- Become more efficient in their job
------------- Provide new diagnostic capabilities
------------- Deliver reports and images to referrers in a way
-------------that would help them better manage their patients
----• We needed a supplier who could provide a one stop shop for
------all our customers imaging needs whether it be:
------------- An image acquisition device such as a film
-------------digitizing station (Cedara I-Acquire FD Software)
------------- Teleradiology (Cedara I-Acquire FD and
--------------Cedara I-Softview Software)
------------- A standalone workstation targeted towards meeting
-------------the needs of mammography, multi-slice CT, 3D
-------------reconstruction or similar high level application
-------------(Cedara I-Softview software configured with
-------------appropriate options)
------------- A PACS systems for a small private radiology practice
-------------(Cedara I-Reach web based PACS software)
------------- A PACS system for a large pubic hospital
-------------(Cedara I-Reach web based PACS software or
-------------Cedara I-Store and I-Softview software for
-------------thick client based PACS)
------------- Dedicated software addressing a specific group
-------------outside of radiology who rely on radiology images
-------------to perform their work such as orthopaedics
------------- A server designed to manage the transmission
-------------of images over a wide area network

Cedara matched all these requirements.

Comrad provides solutions tailored to meet the needs of our customers by combining Cedara software with locally sourced computer hardware and value added services such as onsite installation, system configuration, project management, applications training and after sales support.

For further information on Cedara Software, please refer to the Cedara Website by clicking on the following link: www.cedara.com