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Wilkes Regional Medical Center Selects DR Systems PACS

Sep 13, 2005

SAN DIEGO - September 13, 2005 Wilkes Regional Medical Center of North Wilkesboro, N.C. has awarded a $1 million contract to DR Systems for an enterprise-wide implementation of the company’s Dominator™ PACS.

Wilkes Regional has a McKesson hospital information system but opted to install DR Systems’ “best of breed” PACS. The hospital currently performs approximately 60,000 radiology exams per year. The center plans to add a new outpatient center by 2007. The hospital's new PACS system will feature:

• A unified system that includes, web distribution of images, report and audio summary, printing, faxing, document imaging, 3-D, billing capture and archive
• Common user-friendly interface at all the PACS workstations
• Referring doctors’ ability to clinically review automatically downloaded images and reports at their home or office
• Instant access to ‘in progress’ study images and audio summaries by ER or OR doctors
  
• Patented automated hanging protocols for radiologists and output preferences for referring physicians.

DR Systems was rated the #1 PACS vendor by MD Buyline in its July 2005 Intelligence Report; ranked #2 by KLAS in their 2004 Top 20 Year End Best in KLAS Community Clinical and Ancillary Solutions Report, and ranked #3 in their 2004 Top 20 Year End Best in KLAS

Acute Care Report.
About Wilkes Regional Medical Center
Wilkes Regional Medical Center is a JCAHO accredited hospital owned by the town of North Wilkesboro and governed by the Hospital Operating Corporation, a volunteer team of community leaders. The hospital is licensed for 130 beds, including a 10-bed skilled nursing unit. For more information, access www.wilkesregional.org/nodes/1.aspx.

About DR Systems, Inc.
DR Systems, Inc. is the leading independent provider of scalable, film-free medical systems and paperless information systems for diagnostic imaging centers and hospitals. Since 1993, the company has helped more than 250 hospitals and imaging centers improve the management of patient information, eliminate film costs, and increase workflow speed, all while providing better clinical quality and patient care. DR Systems’ unified RIS/PACS integrates numerous tools to improve financial performance and productivity, including: client-server distribution and Web-based distribution; patented, automated hanging protocols for radiologists; and the report format preferences of individual referring physicians. For more information, call 800-794-5955 or visit www.dominator.com.