MOUNTAIN VIEW AND SAN
FRANCISCO, CA, March 20, 2007
IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc. (Impac Software), an Elekta company and leading
provider of information technology (IT) solutions for oncology
care, announces the clinical implementation of MOSAIQ® Oncology
PACS at the Mannheim Medical Center Department of Radiation
Oncology, in Mannheim, Germany. The Mannheim Medical Center is
using Impac Software’s oncology-specific Picture Archiving and
Communication System to manage and archive data and images from
a broad range of treatment planning systems and imaging devices.
The newly released MOSAIQ Oncology PACS offers the department
the necessary tools and technology to accomplish its objectives
of electronically managing large data sets, department wide
access to archived data, and achieve full integration with the
proven MOSAIQ® workflow.
“We are very pleased with MOSAIQ Oncology PACS and are excited
to start working with it. The installation went very smoothly
and the system is very easy to administer” claim Volker Steil,
Chief Medical Physicist and Frank Lohr, M.D., Vice Chairman at
the Mannheim Department. “Our first goal is to establish an
archiving solution for all three of our treatment planning
systems and then to manage all of our IGRT planar and volumetric
datasets, including cone-beam and conventional computed
tomography. MOSAIQ Oncology PACS enables us to easily transport
plans and images to a central storage device eliminating the
need for individual database and imaging workstation backups”.
MOSAIQ Oncology PACS is designed to manage the increasing
volumes of large data sets in radiotherapy and to provide
seamless integration with MOSAIQ image-enabled EMR (Electronic
Medical Record). As a result, radiation oncology departments may
now archive, retrieve and manage information necessary to
support advanced IGRT techniques within the context of
individual patient charts.
General radiology PACS are not designed to integrate with
oncology EMRs and are therefore not suited to complement the
workflow within a radiation oncology department. However, MOSAIQ
Oncology PACS is inherently linked to MOSAIQ EMR allowing access
to the patient’s archived plans, images and supporting
documentation in DICOM and non-DICOM formats. As a
vendor-independent solution, MOSAIQ Oncology PACS supports the
DICOM, DICOM RT and HL7 standards and can interface to a wide
range of imaging and treatment planning systems and other PACS”
stated Sue Reilly, product manager at Impac Software.
Department Head, Professor Frederik Wenz, M.D stated, “Radiation
Oncology at Mannheim Medical Center chose MOSAIQ Oncology PACS
because it is the first and only solution in the market that is
supporting RO workflow and charting while also accommodating our
existing equipment configuration.”
“We are delighted that Mannheim Medical Center has implemented
MOSAIQ and MOSAIQ Oncology PACS,” stated James Hoey, President
and CEO of Impac Software. “The success of this implementation
demonstrates Impac Software’s singular focus and unique understanding of
oncology-related workflow and the importance of full
functionality and complete integration especially in a mixed
planning and delivery environment. We encourage our users to
continue taking advantage of MOSAIQ Oncology PACS as the
solution to an increasing need for the storage and management of
DICOM, DICOM RT and non-DICOM data sets associated with
radiation oncology.”
Dr. Frank Lohr will give presentations about Mannheim Medical
Center’s technology advancements, including MOSAIQ Oncology
PACS, at the Mannheim and Leverkusen symposia in Germany on
April 19th and 20th respectively. Additionally, Dr. Lohr will
present at the Italian symposia in Verona, Italy planned for
May. Further information about MOSAIQ Oncology PACS is available
at www.impac.com/mosaiqoncologypacs.
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For more information, please contact:
Lorna Murdock,
Marketing
Communications Manager
IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc.
Tel: +1 408-830-8937, e-mail:
pr@impac.com
Product
Inquiries:
Annmarie Ison, Director of Radiation Oncology Product Management
IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc.
Tel: +1 408 830 8047, e-mail:
aison@impac.com
Investor Enquiries:
Peter Ejemyr, Group VP Corporate Communications
Elekta AB
Tel: +46 733 611 000, e-mail:
peter.ejemyr@elekta.com
University of Heidelberg, Mannheim Medical Center Inquiries:
Professor F. Wenz, Head of Department
Tel: 49 621 383 4960
e-mail:
frederik.wenz@radonk.ma.uni-heidelberg.de
About IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc.
IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc., an Elekta company, provides
healthcare information technology (IT) solutions that streamline
clinical and business operations across the spectrum of cancer
care. Impac Software’s open integration to multiple healthcare data and
imaging systems offers oncology-specific patient charting and
practice management, as well as best-of-breed systems for
anatomic pathology, clinical laboratory, and cancer registry.
With products that are used in association with diagnosis and
treatment environments through long-term follow-up, Impac Software
provides a comprehensive oncology management solution that helps
improve overall communication, process efficiency, and the
quality of patient care. For more information about Impac Software
products and services, please call 888-GO-Impac Software or visit
www.impac.com.
About
Elekta
Elekta is an international medical-technology Group, providing
meaningful clinical solutions, comprehensive information systems
and services for improved cancer care and management of brain
disorders. All of Elekta’s solutions employ non-invasive or
minimally invasive techniques and are therefore clinically
effective, gentle on the patient and cost-effective.
Clinical solutions include among others Leksell Gamma Knife® for
non-invasive treatment of brain disorders and Elekta Synergy®
for image guided radiation therapy (IGRT). Following the
acquisition of Impac Software Inc. in April 2005, the
Elekta Group is the world’s largest supplier of oncology
software. Elekta’s systems and solutions are used at over 4,000
hospitals around the world to treat cancer and manage clinical
operations as well as to diagnose and treat brain disorders,
including tumors, vascular malformations and functional
disorders. With approx. 2,000 employees, Elekta’s corporate
headquarter is located in Stockholm, Sweden and the company is
listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange under the ticker EKTAb.
For more information about Elekta, please visit
www.elekta.com.
About University of
Heidelberg, Mannheim Cancer Center
Mannheim is one of the leading cancer centers in Germany and has
a variety of Elekta equipment. It is also a leading teaching
hospital providing a range of IMRT courses. The Mannheim Medical
Center is a tertiary referral center with 1,300 beds for
inpatient treatment. About 66,000 inpatients are treated per
year, among which are about 16,000 cancer cases. The Mannheim
Medical Faculty is part of the University of Heidelberg, which
is the oldest university in Germany having a tradition of more
than 650 years. |
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Lorna Murdock
Marketing Communications Manager
IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc.
408-830-8937
pr@impac.com
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