RIDGEFIELD, CT, November 22, 2004 /PR Newswire/ -- AMICAS Inc., a leader in Web-based image and information management, and Heartlab, Inc., the world’s leading designer and supplier of digital image and information networks for cardiology, today announced the signing of a co-marketing agreement to provide healthcare consumers PACS solutions which integrate access to both cardiology and radiology diagnostic images and reports. Historically, digital access to each of these sets of images and reports has been restricted to each of the individual constituent groups. However, the advent of scalable enterprise solutions, the desire to integrate and extend technology investments, and the goal to provide anywhere access to any image, has driven healthcare consumer demand for radiology and cardiology PACS integration. Integration is achieved between AMICAS Vision Series™ PACS and Heartlab Encompass™ cardiology PACS, through AMICAS RealTime Worklist™. Enterprise access to on-demand cardiology and radiology images and reports is provided via a real-time, status-based, personalized workflow tool for all imaging users. In real-time, without the need for any user query, AMICAS RealTime Worklist provides enterprise workflow that lists, by color-coded status, all of the available radiology and cardiology studies for a given patient with visibility across a virtual archive. From a single click within AMICAS RealTime Worklist, the user may then launch the Heartlab Encompass or AMICAS’ Vision viewer to gain access to the full suite of image manipulation tools appropriate to the specific study type.

“Heartlab has an outstanding reputation in cardiology PACS, which is complimentary to the leading technology and services AMICAS customers expect,” said AMICAS president Hamid Tabatabaie. “Now the islands of radiology and cardiology images have been bridged through RealTime Worklist, providing anywhere access with enterprise workflow, extending our customers’ PACS investments.”

“We are excited to have the opportunity to extend Heartlab’s leadership position in cardiology information management systems by working together with AMICAS to bring best-of-breed solutions to the unified cardiology/radiology enterprise,” Heartlab CEO Robert Petrocelli said.

About AMICAS
AMICAS is a leading provider of Web-based medical image and information management solutions. With over 700 unique customers and over 1,500 installations, AMICAS provides its clients with the Vision Series™ family of products. Our ambulatory care, imaging center, and radiology group clients are served with the end-to-end functionality of Vision Series RIS, Vision Series PACS, Vision Series Document Management, and Vision Series Financials. Our acute care and hospital clients value our acclaimed Vision Series PACS with its RIS independence, enterprise workflow, and scalable design. Complementing the Vision Series product family, AMICAS’ Insight Solutions™ are a set of client-centered professional and consulting services that assist our customers with a well planned transition to a digital enterprise.

AMICAS is the radiology division of VitalWorks Inc. (NASDAQ: VWKS), a leading provider of image and information management technology and services targeted to healthcare practices and organizations throughout the United States. Additional information about AMICAS can be found at www.amicas.com. Additional information about VitalWorks can be found at http://www.vitalworks.com.

About Heartlab, Inc.
Founded in 1994, Heartlab is the world's leading designer and supplier of digital image and information networks for Cardiology. Heartlab's Encompass™ network gives cardiologists rapid access to imaging exam and report information, enables cardiology centers to operate more efficiently, and provides robust protection for critical patient data. Heartlab's Encompass networks are installed in more than 225 of the nation's leading heart centers. The company’s CardioNow image management solution for clinical trials has been utilized by leading cardiovascular core labs and cardiovascular device and drug companies to expedite the sharing, tracking and analysis of complex cardiac images for over 25 multi-center clinical trails including drug-eluting stent, bare metal stent, as well as distal protection device studies. For more information, visit www.heartlab.com or call (401) 596-0592.

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