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Spain 100 million patient images stored

diciembre 13, 2006

Fujitsu Services, one of Europe’s leading IT Services companies, has today recorded the 100 millionth patient image stored in its data centre as part of the NHS Connecting for Health, Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) programme. PACS enables access to the right image, in the right place, at the right time – all at the touch of a button.

The 100 millionth image was stored by Weston Area Health NHS Trust. This achievement marks a significant milestone for healthcare in England. Fujitsu’s PACS data centre in the South of England was the first to be established within the NHS Connecting for Health Programme and commenced storage of images and reports in April 2005.

As PACS is rolled out to hospitals across the country, medical images and reports are stored on PACS at the Trust site and archived for future retrieval in the data centre. This facility allows radiologists to access images either via the PACS workstation for diagnostic reporting or via web browsers for general viewing by other clinicians. The new system avoids the need for film development processes and delivery by post or hand, and therefore significantly reduces costs in wet film processing and speeds up patient image acquisition workflows, diagnosis and therefore treatment. The number of images is set to grow at a rate of over 2 million per week as the use of PACS continues to increase.

Peter Hutchinson, managing director UK public sector, Fujitsu Services said: “100 million patient images stored is a real milestone and it illustrates the scale of deployment achieved by the new technology. The new system is good news for patients and clinical staff alike as it improves workflow efficiency in hospitals and delivers tangible savings for the NHS as well. This is a clear demonstration of a Government IT programme being delivered on time and to budget”.

“83% of all PACS systems are now live in NHS Trusts in the South of England which are part of the National Programme and all are now using PACS deployed by Fujitsu. Work is already underway at the remaining Trusts which will go live in the coming months.”

Simon Eccles, a national clinical lead for NHS Connecting for Health said: "Congratulations to Fujitsu for this fantastic achievement. An end to lost x-rays and the ability to find images wherever and whenever they are needed helps patients and NHS staff alike. Clinicians are happier and patients are safer and getting better care."

About Fujitsu Services

Fujitsu Services is a leading European information technology services company. Its business is helping its customers realise the value of information technology through the application of consulting, systems integration and managed service contracts. It serves customers in the private and public sectors across Europe including retail, financial services, healthcare and government. With an annual turnover of £2.56 billion (€3.22 billion), it employs over 21,000 people across 20 countries. Headquartered in London, Fujitsu Services is the European IT services arm of the US$53 billion (€32.9 billion) Fujitsu Group. Visit pt.fujitsu.com or uk.fujitsu.com for more information.

About PACS

PACS is implemented in conjunction with GE Healthcare, a division of the General Electric Company and Healthcare Software Systems (HSS).Fujitsu has deployed PACS and RIS (Radiology Information System) in over 152 locations covering 37 NHS Trusts.This includes 3 out-of-cluster Trusts:• James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust in Great Yarmouth.• Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust.• University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust.

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Date: 13 diciembre, 2006