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Media Contact:
Beth Frost-Johnson
Senior Vice President, Marketing
414.977.4254
bfrost@mergehealthcare.com |
NEWS RELEASE:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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MERGE HEALTHCARE ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF eFilm Scan 2.0™
AS STAND-ALONE SCANNING SOLUTION
Milwaukee, WI, April 15, 2008 -
Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE; TSX: MRG), a leading
medical imaging software and services provider, announced today the release of eFilm Scan 2.0,
an application designed to scan conventional medical films using third-party digitizers. The
significant difference in this new version is its ability to work without the need for an eFilm
Workstation™ desktop DICOM viewer. eFilm Scan represents an efficient, easy-to-use way to
digitize and migrate hardcopy films into a filmless environment for less than $2,300.
eFilm Scan supports all major film digitizers and also provides TWAIN support for compliant flatbed
scanners. Films may be scanned at various resolutions as 8-, 12-, or 16-bit grayscale images
(depending on the digitizer), which can then be windowed/leveled, flipped, rotated, duplicated or
segmented within eFilm Scan. Next, users can order these images and either send them as
DICOM 3.0 studies, with relevant patient information, directly to a PACS or burned to CD.
Key benefits of eFilm Scan 2.0:
• DICOM Send – eFilm Scan can send directly to any DICOM Storage Device.
• MWL Query – Similar to eFilm Scan 1.0.5, you can query a MWL SCU to obtain
patient/study information. Fields will be pre-populated with any information already entered
into the patient tree node.
• Remote Device Query – You can query a DICOM device for a patient, select a specific
study and use that information to create a new series that can be added directly to that
study. eFilm Scan is particularly useful for scanning a report that will exist as a separate
series in a study using a standard flatbed TWAIN compliant
• Burn to CD/DVD – Using the same feature set contained in eFilm 3.0, eFilm Scan allows
you to burn all scanned images for a patient to a CD/DVD.
• Barcode Reader Support – Allows you to use a barcode reader to read barcodes and
initiate a search of your MWL source or remove device. The barcode scanner can be
configured to read barcodes from several criteria such as patient name, MRN and
accession number.
• Improved Session management – When you close the application, the state is preserved
for the next time you launch it.
• Display Properties – The new display properties allow you to set a gamma correction.
• OLE Automation – Allows third party applications to launch and pass information to eFilm
Scan.
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About Merge Healthcare
Merge Healthcare is a developer of medical imaging and clinical software applications and developmental tools that are on the forefront of medicine. We develop medical imaging software solutions that support end-to-end business and clinical workflow for radiology department and specialty practices, imaging centers and hospitals. Our software technologies accelerate market delivery for our OEM customers, while our end-user solutions improve our customers’ productivity and enhance the quality of the patient experience. For additional information, visit our website at www.mergehealthcare.com.
Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement may include forward-looking statements within the meaning and subject to the protections of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. When used in this announcement, the words "will," "anticipates," "expects" and similar expressions of the future are intended to assist you in identifying such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include, among others, statements regarding the scope of and anticipated cost savings from the Company’s rightsizing efforts, the Company’s efforts to focus on its integrated North American RIS/PACS/teleradiology and Cedara businesses, and the Company’s consideration of strategic options. Any number of factors could cause the actual results to differ from the results contemplated by such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: unexpected difficulties or costs associated with the rightsizing initiative; unanticipated issues associated with realizing the projected cost savings from the rightsizing initiative; costs and risks associated with executing alternative business plans and effecting strategic options; risks and effects of the past and current restatement of financial statements of the Company and other actions that may be taken or required as a result of such restatements; the Company’s ability to generate sufficient cash from operations to meet future operating, financing and capital requirements; the Company’s inability to timely file reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission; risks associated with the Company’s inability to meet the requirements of The NASDAQ Stock Market for continued listing, including possible delisting; market acceptance of the Company’s delivery model and continuing product demand; and other risk factors detailed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, since the statements speak only as of the date that they are made. We do not have, or undertake any obligation to, publicly update, revise or correct any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this announcement, or after the respective dates on which such statements otherwise are made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. This announcement should be read in conjunction with the risk factors, financial information and other information contained in the filings that the Company makes and previously has made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Attn: Beth Frost-Johnson
Merge Healthcare
6737 West Washington St.
Suite 2250
Milwaukee, WI 53214
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