FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 25, 2001
Austin, Texas
Carpe eDatum and UTMB Strike Agreement
Carpe eDatum, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement to license and install Vamstec's, Clinical Image Management System (CIMS) at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston facility. UTMB's John Sealy Hospital Pathology Department will utilize ISSA and Pharos software to acquire, view, archive/retrieve and communicate images and reports throughout the secure local area network and secure wide area network. Authorized users will be able to securely access organized reports and images anytime and anywhere with the new system, according to Carpe eDatum.
Dr. Amin A. Mohammad, UTMB's Director, Division of Laboratory Information Services, Department of Pathology, describes the current situation:
“The surgical pathology division at UTMB reviews approximately 20,000 biopsies annually. Kodachromes are generated for approximately 8 - 10% of cases for the purpose of clinical conferences, teaching and research. The current process of archiving and retrieval is manual and very inefficient. Furthermore, no patient information and final diagnosis can be associated with Kodachromes. There has always been a strong need for archiving these images into a database and associating them with the final report, however it has never been implemented because of lack of user friendly software and associated hardware. Last year through a state funded grant we acquired the necessary hardware for implementing digital imaging (ie. digital cameras, microscopes etc) however there were very few software applications available at that time that would meet our goals of associating results from host LIS systems to the images and a user friendly search engine to search the database for snomed codes, key words in pathologist notes, final diagnosis and specimen types.”
According to Dr. Mohammad; “The plan forward calls to initially acquire image data, interface ISSA software with anatomic pathology database and make it available to different physicians and students around campus via the web for patient review, educating medical students and residents, and clinical research. Initial implementation will involve data collection from 12 microscope and digital camera workstations. There will be 14 other workstations phased in over time. We reviewed several other systems and the ISSA and Pharos software is much more robust and comes closer to meeting our pathology lab workflow requirements. We also like the fact that the CIMS will allow our authenticated international colleagues secure access to reports and images with no installations required on the client side.”
Vamstec originally developed the software as a telepathology application that evolved to address virtually all DICOM and non-DICOM medical images. As part of the agreement, the UTMB pathology department will provide practical input to Carpe eDatum and Vamstec that will assist in their development of a new pathology specific application.
Carpe eDatum, Inc.( www.carpe-edatum.com ) , is an Austin, TX based company that markets and integrates Vamstec's Clinical Image Management System (CIMS) software, consisting of two main components: ISSA, which is the medical information and archiving system and Pharos which is the interactive remote image/data communication module. The company also represents Voxar, Plug n View 3D medical imaging and Orex, computed radiography, which work hand in hand with ISSA and Pharos.
Vamstec ( www.vams.com ) is a Zagreb, Croatia based company that develops and markets clinical imaging software. Vamstec applications have been FDA cleared for marketing in the U.S. and are exclusively distributed by Carpe eDatum in North America.
Carpe eDatum and Vamstec place heavy emphasis on delivering exam results such as CT, MRI, x-ray, ultrasound, other clinical images such as pathology, endoscopy, with associated clinical reports through the Internet to referring physicians, a niche where the company intends to excel. Joint future development by Carpe eDatum and Vamstec involves development of a pathology application, delivering results through wireless devices such as PDAs, a PET (positive emission tomography) fusion application and orthopedic implant templating through the Internet.
For more information contact:
Carpe eDatum, Inc. 3705 Medical Parkway, Suite 370 Austin, TX 78705
Phone: 512-426-0819
Email: gary@carpe-edatum.com
Web: www.carpe-edatum.com