Companies to Offer Innovative Solution to Efficiently Store,
Protect and Access Clinically Relevant Information from Multiple
Healthcare Systems
ROCHESTER, N.Y. and SANTA CLARA, CA —May 29, 2007—Carestream Health, Inc., and Hitachi Data Systems have entered into an agreement to co-market a powerful data management solution that will enable healthcare organizations to efficiently archive clinically relevant information from multiple systems in their facilities.
The solution combines Carestream Health's Versatile Intelligent Patient Archive (VIParchive) and the newly enhanced Hitachi Content Archive Platform (see separate press release announced today) in a single footprint that is easy to install, administer and support. Carestream Health's VIParchive is a software platform that can take clinical information from multiple healthcare sources and consolidate this information in an intelligent archive. VIParchive is a proven, scalable software solution that can benefit small hospitals and imaging centers, as well as large medical centers and huge regional healthcare systems.
The Hitachi Content Archive Platform is an active archive solution that allows organizations to satisfy regulatory and corporate governance mandates and provides rapid access to archived data when needed. The solution delivers automated policy management to ensure content authenticity, retention, and integrity while also supporting advanced discovery capabilities through integrated indexing, search and retrieval features.
The amount of new healthcare-related information being created, distributed, and stored digitally-which must also be readily accessible-continues to grow dramatically around the world. Carestream Health's healthcare IT solutions are ideal for helping organizations deal with the burgeoning growth of patient information and VIParchive can easily be integrated with existing storage area network or network-attached storage systems. Hitachi Content Archive Platform delivers a powerful active archive solution designed to meet this growth and address the corporate need to preserve, protect and access patient information well into the future.
"The growth in storage is faster in healthcare than any other vertical market, yet the infrastructure maturity in these organizations is believed to be some three to five years behind the industry average," said Jack Domme, chief operating officer, Hitachi Data Systems. "Working with Carestream Health, we are helping companies meet the data access and performance challenges which can directly impact the quality of patient care."
Michael W. Jackman, President, Healthcare Information Solutions, Carestream Health added, "Carestream's relationship with Hitachi Data Systems will enable our customers to realize the significant benefits of our innovative CARESTREAM Information Management Solutions portfolio, combined with Hitachi's proven best-in-class storage platforms."
About Carestream Health
With revenues of more than $2.5 billion, Carestream Health, Inc., is a leading provider of medical and dental imaging systems and healthcare IT solutions; molecular imaging systems for the life science research and drug discovery/development market segments; and x-ray film and digital x-ray products for the non-destructive testing market.
The company emerged in 2007 when Onex Corporation of Toronto, Canada, purchased Eastman Kodak Company's Health Group. Headquartered in Rochester, N.Y., Carestream Health operates in more than 150 countries worldwide and owns more than 1,000 patents in digital imaging, film and imaging chemistry.
For more information about Carestream Health, contact your Carestream Health representative or visit www.carestreamhealth.com.
About Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation provides Services Oriented Storage Solutions that enable heterogeneous storage to be dynamically provisioned according to business needs and centrally managed via industry-leading Hitachi storage virtualization software. As an integral part of the Hitachi Storage Solutions Group, Hitachi Data Systems delivers storage infrastructure platforms, storage management software, and storage consulting services through direct and indirect channels in over 170 countries and regions. Its customers include nearly 60-percent of Fortune 100 companies. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.hds.com.
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 384,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2006 (ended March 31, 2007) consolidated revenues totaled 10,247 billion yen ($86.8 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.
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Hitachi Data Systems
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