PACSGEAR, Inc., the leader in paper/film scanning and workflow solutions for medical document and image management, announced today that it has signed an OEM supply agreement with FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA, a provider of medical imaging and information products and network systems.

The agreement allows FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA (Fuji) to resell PACSGEAR's industry-leading medical film digitizing products and services. It also offers Fuji's current customers the option to upgrade from their existing solution to the PACSGEAR product line.

"This agreement will provide Fuji's customers with a simple and easy-to- use solution for digitizing and sending radiographic film anywhere it is needed," said Brian J. Cavanaugh, President of PACSGEAR. "Organizations continue to recognize that existing, film-based medical images and associated content need to be seamlessly integrated with digital systems in order to realize the greatest clinical benefit."

"Digitizing films plays an important role in the PACS world, and PACSGEAR offers some unique advantages," said Bob Cooke, Fuji's Executive Director, Marketing and Product Management. "Plus, with the increasing adoption of digital mammography systems, the digitization of prior mammography films is going to play an important role in the adoption of digital imaging solutions for mammography, such as Fuji's Synapse(R) PACS. PACSGEAR offers us the best technology to provide this solution for our customers."

About FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA, Inc.

As one of the Fuji Photo Film family of companies with 70 years of imaging experience and almost $25 billion in sales, FUJIFILM Medical Systems is a leading provider of diagnostic imaging products and network systems to meet the needs of healthcare facilities today and well into the future. Fuji's family of Imaging Systems products and technologies -- including digital x- ray, women's healthcare imaging, dry imagers, and conventional x-ray film and equipment -- are tailored to suit many different applications for a variety of imaging environments. The pioneer of computed radiography (CR), Fuji remains the market leader in digital x-ray with products that are clinically proven and constantly evolving to set the standard in digital imaging innovation. Fuji is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

About PACSGEAR, Inc.

PACSGEAR provides complete paper/film scanning and workflow solutions for medical document and image management. Its industry-leading software, PacsSCAN, allows physicians, technologists and administrators to send documents and film to any PACS. Worldwide, PACSGEAR's comprehensive solutions are deployed in over 400 hospital networks, community hospitals and imaging centers. For more information, visit http://www.pacsgear.com

Source: prnewswire