May 6, 2004
Austin, Texas
Carpe eDatum and Ship-Rad Services Install Another
Holland America System
Austin, Texas based Carpe eDatum, Inc. (CeD) and partner Ship-Rad Services of Vancouver, B.C. have installed another Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) and Computed Radiography (CR) device in the infirmary aboard the MS Westerdam. The Westerdam is Holland America’s (HAL) newest ship, constructed in Mestre, Italy where Ship-Rad did the installation. The Westerdam set sail April 26. The companies and HAL have chosen to use Kodak Health Imaging’s CR product to produce the digital x-rays because of its reliability, long track record and global service organization. The Kodak product is recognized as the standard for desktop computed radiography. Like her sister vessels, the Amsterdam, Oosterdam and Zuiderdam, the companies will continue to utilize Vamstec’s robust PACS system to acquire, store and communicate digital x-ray images via satellite link to the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas. UTMB radiologists will interpret and return their findings back to the ship’s doctor through the same satellite link.
About the Companies
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 Kodak Health Imaging products and Voxar, Plug n View 3D Medical Imaging, which work hand in hand with ISSA and Pharos.
Holland America Line (www.hollandamerica.com) offers 13 luxury ships sailing to more than 280 ports of call on all seven continents. Holland America Line's fleet has carried nearly 10 million passengers, either to new lives in the New World or to exotic locales for vacations of a lifetime. Holland America Line marked its 130th anniversary in 2003.
Eastman Kodak Health Imaging (www.kodak.com/global/en/health), is a Rochester, N.Y. based company. The Health Imaging Group of Eastman Kodak Company provides industry-leading products for the capture, processing, viewing, printing and storing of images for diagnostic and non-diagnostic applications
Ship-Rad Services is a Canadian medical imaging company specializing in cruise ship X-ray installations and technical support. Ship-Rad is the exclusive authorized distributor of Carpe eDatum products for the cruise line industry.
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.
For more information contact:
Carpe eDatum, Inc.
Phone: 512-231-8803
Email: info@carpe-edatum.com
Web: www.carpe-edatum.com