DR Systems, Inc. and Mach7 Technologies Announce Global Alliance

Mach7’s Keystone Engine enhances Enterprise integration of DR Systems’ Unity Platform

DR Systems, Inc. and Mach7 Technologies Announce Global Alliance

DR SystemsFlorent Saint-Clair, 800-794-5955orMach7 TechnologiesCarrie Pettee, 802-861-7745 ext. 12

Today DR Systems (San Diego, CA, ) and Mach7 Technologies (Burlington, VT, ) have announced a global alliance between DR Systems and Mach7. Mach7 was recently recognized by Frost & Sullivan as the .

“In Enterprise Imaging, there is no longer a clear distinction between intra-mural and extra-mural workflows. It takes a highly flexible and massively scalable workflow engine to configure and maintain today’s dynamic healthcare IT environments,” says Florent Saint-Clair, Vice President of Corporate Development for DR Systems. “This partnership opens up many exciting possibilities for our Enterprise-class customers who wish to increase the useful life of their existing infrastructure and IT solutions, yet extend their reach beyond their current technological boundaries. We are combining our 20 years of expertise and patented technology in diagnostics with the Keystone Engine’s superb ability to unify diverse imaging workflows into one platform.”

The can scale from small imaging centers to large regional and national IDNs. will facilitate integration with complex Enterprise, multidisciplinary workflows in the large hospital and multi-facility segments, and will give customers an affordable path to VNA deployment. The same level of mature workflow efficiency Radiology and Cardiology have long benefited from is now accessible to all departments of a hospital that rely on medical images for diagnostics.

“We have found there are as many unique environments in Enterprise Imaging as there are healthcare enterprises. This diversity is a core challenge for our CIO customers, whose job it is to support their enterprise’s IT growth, while promoting uniformity of solutions and configurations. They look to us, their vendor, to help them solve complex systems and workflow integrations not only within their four walls, but across many facilities spanning multiple geographies,” said Saint-Clair.

“DR Systems’ innovative technology and committed leadership to the Imaging market aligns with Mach7’s commitment to providing world class solutions to customers worldwide,” said John Memarian, General Manager at Mach7. “Our combined offering will bring to market a powerful solution addressing today’s toughest IT challenges as it relates to department-specific workflow limitations and standardizations needed in IT storage, maintenance and sharing of clinical images as part of the patient’s health records.”

DR Systems is the leading independent provider of enterprise imaging and information management systems for integrated healthcare networks, hospitals, and diagnostic imaging centers. Over two decades, the company has helped more than 600 hospitals and imaging centers lower their cost of operation by improving management of patient information, eliminating ancillary IT systems and interfaces, and increasing workflow speed, while also providing better clinical quality and patient care.

has recognized and its as the #1 ranked PACS vendor and product in its “2011: Best in KLAS Awards – Software & Services Report.” The company also received the #1 overall PACS vendor ranking in 2001, 2006, 2007 and 2010. For more information, call 800-794-5955 or visit .

Mach7 Technologies, headquartered in Singapore, is a global provider of innovative, flexible, enterprise clinical image management solutions that enable healthcare enterprises to own, share, and access medical image data. Mach7’s flagship Enterprise Clinical Image Management solution, Keystone Suite, is composed of innovative and sophisticated technology designed for vendor-neutral archiving (VNA), intelligent routing and prefetching of relevant medical images, clinical viewing and complete image management. Keystone Suite has been used by healthcare institutions around the world for archiving, academic medical research, improved radiologist productivity, cost savings and more across an enterprise.

Mach7 was named the 2012 Global Enterprise Imaging Informatics Entrepreneurial Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan. The Best Practices accolade comes as a result of Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis of the enterprise medical image archiving market. For additional information, visit or call 1-888-87-MACH7.