Saturday, December 13, 2003
Austin, Texas
Carpe eDatum and
Extremity Imaging Partners Team-Up on Project
Austin, Texas based Carpe eDatum,
Inc. (CeD) announced today that it has teamed-up with Pittsburgh, PA based
Extremity Imaging Partners (EIP) on a digital project. The team is providing
Austin’s Southwest Orthopaedic Group (SWOG) all the ingredients for secure web
based diagnostics and distribution of extremity MRI scans.
CeD has supplied a Lunar E-Scan open
extremity MRI scanner that EIP installed and will service. Additionally, CeD is
installing Vamstec’s robust web based Picture Archiving and Communication System
(PACS) called ISSAÔ.
The systems will be configured and interface on the SWOG Digital Imaging and
Communication in Medicine (DICOM) network at the new Austin Surgical Hospital
(ASH) facility.
According to senior partner Dr.
Nicholas Tsourmas, “SWOG doctors plan to operate in a filmless digital
environment utilizing all the unique elements of Vamstec’s ISSA Anywhere.” The
Vamstec system is unique in that it contains integrated elements of a Radiology
Information System (RIS) like scheduling, dictation and transcription in
addition to PACS. Additionally, Dr. Tsourmas said, “…we will utilize digital
measurement tools and an extremely useful digital implant templating feature,
enhancing preoperative planning.” “In a film environment, we have been limited
to the use of overlay acetate templates, goniometers and grease pencils to do
our preoperative planning.” Exams and related tasks will be available through
secure web access by remote diagnosticians, transcriptionists, referring
physicians and second opinion doctors anywhere in the world.
The doctors begin practicing in
their new digital environment on Monday, December 15, 2003.
About the
Companies
Carpe eDatum, Inc. (www.carpe-edatum.com),
is an Austin, TX based company and exclusive agent for 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
Kodak Health Imaging and Voxar, Plug n View 3D medical imaging which work hand
in hand with ISSA and Pharos.
Extremity Imaging Partners (www.eipmri.com)
is a Pittsburgh, PA based
company focused on providing high quality magnetic resonance imaging for
musculoskeletal diagnostics of joints (wrist, hand, foot, ankle, knee and
elbow). EIP has excelled in the field of extremity MRI for more than 17 years;
owning, operating and servicing their own imaging centers throughout the Midwest
in addition to the contract installation and service of other independent
facilities throughout the US. The EIP service director installed the first
Lunar Artoscan MRI in the US and leads the most experienced extremity MRI
service team in America.
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.,
carry the CE mark and are exclusively distributed by Carpe eDatum in the U.S.
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 physicians, a niche where the company intends to excel.
Joint future projects by Carpe eDatum and Vamstec involve development of a
pathology specific application, orthopedic implant templating and delivering
results through wireless devices such as PDAs.
For more information contact:
Carpe eDatum,
Inc. 3705
Medical Parkway, Suite 370 Austin, TX 78705
Phone: 512-426-0819
Email:
info@carpe-edatum.com
Web:
www.carpe-edatum.com