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Vivalog Technologies Triples MyPACS Enterprise Install Base
Seattle, WA. In 2007, Vivalog Technologies tripled the customer base for
its teaching file and knowledge management software, MyPACS Enterprise, to 30 installations.
MyPACS is not a PACS, but rather a web-based knowledge management system that extends a
hospital’s existing PACS with functionality for teaching files, decision support, conferencing, and
sharing images beyond the hospital’s firewall. Press Release
November 23, 2007 |
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MyPACS.net Grows to 14,000 Registered Users from 4,000 Hospitals
Seattle, WA. Vivalog Technologies announced that the user base for the online
medical image sharing site, MyPACS.net, has doubled in the past twelve months, to 14,000 registered
users from 4,000 hospitals and imaging centers worldwide. Every month, users make 150,000 visits to the
site, resulting in 2.3 million hits per month. The majority of visitors are radiologists or radiology residents,
with additional traffic coming from cardiologists, pathologists, surgeons, and other physicians who work
with images on a daily basis. “MyPACS.net has reached critical mass,” says Dr. Jakobovits, president of
Vivalog Technologies. “The growth is self-fueling. The more users who join, the more reason there is to
be part of the MyPACS community. It’s about channeling the collective expertise of the community to
create an ever-growing knowledge repository that benefits everyone.” Users can sign up for free
accounts and access nearly 20,000 cases for training, reference, and diagnostic decision support.Press Release
November 15, 2007 |
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Agfa Demonstrates PACS Integration with MyPACS Enterprise
in Radiology of the Future Exhibit
RSNA, Chicago, IL. Vivalog Technologies announced that Agfa
HealthCare will be demonstrating integrated of IMPAX PACS
with MyPACS Enterprise Reference Case Manager to create a
more streamlined interface for creating reference cases and
teaching files from exams in the PACS. Agfa will be demonstrating
the integration at their “Radiology of the Future”
exhibit at RSNA. Integrating MyPACS with IMPAX enables radiologists
to quickly create and retrieve reference cases in the reading
room, saving them time and reducing errors. Press Release
November
26, 2006 |
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GE
Healthcare integrates Centricity PACS with MyPACS Enterprise
Reference Case Manager for Decision Support at the Point
of Care
RSNA, Chicago, IL. Vivalog Technologies of Seattle, WA announced
that MyPACS Enterprise has been integrated with GE Healthcare’s
Centricity PACS. The integration is being demonstrated at
the GE Healthcare booth at RSNA. MyPACS Enterprise extends
the PACS with added functionality for decision support and
reference case authoring. The integration of MyPACS and Centricity
results in a streamlined interface for creating reference
cases and teaching files directly from the PACS.
Press Release
November
26, 2006 |
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Provox
Announces VoxComparison and Vivalog Partnership
Roanoke, VA. Provox, a leading provider of speech recognition
based radiology reporting and medical documentation solutions,
and Vivalog Technologies, a leading provider of knowledge
management solutions for imaging, announce the availability
of VoxComparison, a new tool added to the VoxReports solution
that allows radiologists to easily search for comparative
studies at the point of dictating a study. In partnership
with Vivalog, Provox enables radiologists to improve diagnoses
and reduce errors during the report creation process by providing
a seamless way to query reference cases contained in Vivalog’s
decision support products. Press Release
November 23, 2006 |
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American
College of Radiology Purchases MyPACS Enterprise for Hosting
Online Learning File.
Reston, VA. The American College of Radiology (ACR) is partnering
with Vivalog to offer their acclaimed Learning File case library
online. For years, the Learning File CD-ROMS have been an
important part of every resident's training for board exams.
They will now be available on the web, hosted by a customized
version of MyPACS Enterprise that was recently purchased by
ACR. The MyPACS-hosted version will improve the usability
of the Learning File, making them more accessible and easier
to search across volumes. MyPACS advanced authoring and publishing
workflow interfaces will streamline the creation of future
volumes, make it easier for the Learning File's hundreds of
contributors and editors to acquire, edit, and publish new
cases. The 30,000 members of the American College of Radiology
include radiologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists,
interventional radiologists and nuclear medicine physicians.
For over three quarters of a century, the ACR has devoted
its resources to making imaging safe, effective and accessible
to those who need it. Press Release
November 1, 2006 |
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Vivalog
to release much anticipated MyPACS Version 5.
Seattle, WA . Vivalog is excited to announce the scheduled
release of MyPACS Version 5. The new version will include
the next-generation case viewer which includes tabs and thumbnail
images, automatic image resize, zoom and pan and annotation
layers. In addition, we have leveraged Ajax technology to
improve DICOM support, search functionality, and case authoring.
December 1, 2006 |
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MyPACS
Announces University of Pennsylvania as a new MyPACS Enterprise
Customer
Philadelphia, PA. The University of Pennsylvania has become
the latest customer
of Vivalog's premium teaching file solution, MyPACS Enterprise.
October 15, 2006 |
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Mallinckrodt
Institute of Radiology upgrades to 65-author license
St. Louis, MO. The Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology increased
their original 15-author license to 65-authors to accomodate
the increased demand. MyPACS has become so popular that more
and more users want to be create cases.
October 10,
2006 |
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St.
Lukes of Aurora Healthcare purchases MyPACS Enterprise
Milwaukee, WI. Aurora St. Lukes Medical center has purchased
Vivalog's premium teaching file solution, MyPACS Enterprise.
September 28, 2006 |
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International
Society of Radiology recognizes MyPACS as Best on the Web.
Bethesda, MD. The International Society of Radiology (ISR)
has named MyPACS.net as Best
on the Web. MyPACS.net earned this recognition for its
role as a valuable asset to the international radiology community,
both as a source of reference cases and as a tool for sharing
cases between members. The
ISR is the world organization of diagnostic radiology, with
direct representation of the major continental radiology societies.
One of ISR's constant and major efforts is to stimulate and
encourage communication among radiologists and their societies.
The
principal function of the society is to support education
efforts for radiologists, physicists, technologists and other
radiation workers.
April 28, 2006 |
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Mayo
Clinic Deploys MyPACS Enterprise Foundation-Wide, Sees 10X
Speedup of DICOM.
Rochester, MN. Mayo Clinic recently deployed MyPACS Enterprise
to their Rochester Data Center, where it will be used by hundreds
of radiologists throughout the foundation. The deployment
coincides with a new release of MyPACS Enterprise, which improves
the DICOM transmission and handling speed by a factor of ten.
Users can now send entire exams from their PACS to the teaching
file server, and then view the exams in their web browsers
with minimal wait time. The MyPACS DICOM Viewer uses the latest
AJAX technology to navigate the DICOM tree and retrieve studies
in real time, all in a pure-HTML interface. The performance
increase was necessary to support the heavy workflow anticipated
by Mayo users, who will be using MyPACS Enterprise to create
thousands of reference cases for training and decision-support.
Mayo is involved in a focused effort to transfer existing
cases from their Carman Digital Library to the new MyPACS
server, where they will be more accessible by the entire foundation.
April 22, 2006 |
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Vivalog
Launches BioSCRIBE Beta
Seattle, WA. The highly anticipated BioSCRIBE Research Manager
software was released this week to neuroimaging reserachers
at the University of Washington Integrated Brain Imaging Center
(IBIC). BioSCRIBE allowsinvestigators to more easily acquire
and manage multimedia research data, and to selectively share
data and images with interdisciplinary collaborators. The
software enables investigators to securely and selectively
link data and images for easy access by demographics, physiologic
properties, and experiment attributes. IBIC researchers are
using BioSCRIBE to support a wide range of imaging projects.
April 18, 2006 |
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Vivalog
Expands International Customer Base, Signs SickKids, Toronto.
Toronto, CANADA. The Toronoto Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
has purchased MyPACS Enterprise as part of their commitment
to radiology training and decision-support. SickKids is the
first customer north of the border to acquire MyPACS Enterprise,
representing a new market opportunity for Vivalog products.
SickKids is one of the largest pedeatric academic health
science centers in the world, with an international reputation
for excellence in health care, research, and teaching. Press Release
March 5, 2006 |
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Mallinckrodt
Institute of Radiology Commissions New MyPACS Enterprise
Features
St. Louis, MO. Washington University in St. Louis and the
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology have commissioned new
features as part of their acquisition of the MyPACS Enterprise
Teaching File Manager. The new release includes an enhanced
training mode that gives authors more control over the interactive
revealing of case findings. Other features include the ability
to have multiple group-shared DICOM queues, and a public server
for publishing cases outside the firewall. Mallinckrodt Institute
is dedicated to providing high quality continuing medical
education to physicians and other health professionals, and
their radiology residency program ranks among the highest
rated in the U.S.
February 25, 2006 |
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University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Upgrades to MyPACS
Enterprise Version 4
Dallas, TX. The University of Texas, one of Vivalog's first
customers, has purchased an upgrade to MyPACS Enterprise Version
4. The motivation for the upgrade was to benefit from the
past year's worth of new features, including the advanced
DICOM connectivity and improved case editor. January 11,
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MyPACS on Display
at the 2005 Radiological Society of North America Annual
Meeting.
Chicago, IL. Vivalog invites RSNA attendees to drop by Inforad
space #9505-MIRC in the Lakeside Center of McCormick Place,
9am-5pm Monday November 28 - Thursday December 1. New features
will be demonstrated, including the PowerPoint converter and
the Enhanced Case Editor.
November 28, 2005 |
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Major
New Features Added to MyPACS.net.
Seattle, WA. Vivalog Technologies has rolled out over 12 new
features to MyPACS.net. Users of the free system can now benefit
from features that were previously only available to
MyPACS Enterprise customers, such as the Enhanced Case
Editor that uses the latest AJAX web technology to make it
easier and faster to create cases. "It's our way of saying
thank you to the thousands of contributing radiologists who
have made MyPACS the leading teaching file portal on the web,"
says Dr. Rex Jakobovits, president of Vivalog Technologies.
The new features include a full HTML text editor, support
for annotated images, and the ability to export cases to PowerPoint.
November 25, 2005 |
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MyPACS
Announces Two New Customer Acquisitions: University of Nebraska
Medical Center and Hospital of St. Raphael.
New Haven, CT and Omaha, Nebraska. The University of Nebraska
Medical Center and the Hospital of St. Raphael in New Haven,
CT, have become the latest customers
of Vivalog's premium teaching file solution, MyPACS Enterprise.
Radiologists at both institutions are discovering how easy
it is to create teaching files directly from their PACS. When
interesting exams are encountered in daily practice, users
send them to the teaching file server with a single click.
From the MyPACS Case Editor, they can select key images, add
text, and publish the case to the institution's secure online
repository. Each institution is quickly developing their own
growing legacy of cases for reference, training, and decision
support.
November 15, 2005 |
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Mallinckrodt
Institute of Radiology Purchases MyPACS Enterprise.
St. Louis, MO. Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology has purchased
MyPACS Enterprise as part of their commitment to offering
their staff and residents the highest quality of knowledge
management tools. MyPACS Enterprise is being rolled out in
stages, enabling a smooth integration with their extensive
existing educational infrastructure. Legacy cases are being
migrated to MyPACS using the RNSA MIRC standard. Users are
able to leverage MyPACS' support of LDAP directories to sign
on to their new teaching file system using their existing
hospital accounts and passwords.
October 28, 2005 |
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Mayo
Clinic Purchases Improved Certification Workflow Module;
MyPACS Server to be Deployed at Rochester Data Center.
Rochester, MN. The Mayo Clinic will be moving their MyPACS
Enterprise server from Scottsdale to the Rochester Data Center,
where it can better serve the hundreds of radiologists who
will be using it to create and review cases. To support the
increased usage, Mayo purchased the enhanced certification
workflow module, which facilitates a controlled review process.
Residents' cases are reviewed by staff radiologists prior
to making them available for department-wide access. Once
a case has been certified, control of the case is transferred
away from the original author, preserving the validity of
the case for future generations of residents. October
15, 2005 |
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MyPACS.net
Receives its Twelve Thousandth Case; Visitors Exceeding
300,000 Page Views per Month.
Thousands of radiologists from 75 countries have contributed
over ten thousand cases containing 40,000 images, making MyPACS
the largest collaborative repository of radiology cases on
the net. Traffic has steadily increased every month since
MyPACS was first developed in 1999. Visitors now exceed 300,000
page views per month. Hundreds of new users sign up for accounts
each month. The majority of users are radiologists and residents,
but a growing number of surgeons, pathologists, and cardiologists
are joining the MyPACS community.
October 10, 2005 |
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