CoActiv Names Freedom Imaging Distributor in Western States

RIDGEFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CoActiv Medical announced today that Freedom Imaging (Anaheim) has been named distributor for CoActiv’s PACS, RIS and cloud-based digital archiving line in the mid-California/lower Nevada area. “The appointment of Freedom Imaging completes the company’s objective of coast to coast coverage by a reseller sales channel,” says Frank Baker, Vice President of Sales and Business Development for CoActiv. “CoActiv continues to recruit experienced PACS resellers to fill a few remaining niche areas in the U.S. market.”

“CoActiv continues to recruit experienced PACS resellers to fill a few remaining niche areas in the U.S. market.”

Freedom Imaging was looking for an established PACS provider with a unique approach to the technology and a broad-based product portfolio, and CoActiv met that need. “CoActiv offers a robust product selection that delivers all the goods, with enhanced efficiency and reliability,” says Mark Cardone, Digital Imaging Manager for Freedom Imaging. “EXAM-PACS^®, in particular, offers today’s most advanced features and also speeds workflow by minimizing the number of clicks and screens required to view an exam. In addition, we believe the company’s high KLAS rating will have strong appeal to our customers, particularly in the hospital market.”

Freedom Imaging distributes and services a broad range of radiology technology, including PACS, RIS and related products as well as radiology modalities from highly respected industry vendors. It enjoys a reputation for excellent service and a commitment to meeting client needs. “We feel Freedom Imaging is an excellent fit for our company because of their commitment to crafting creative solutions fine-tuned to client requirements as well as their focus on value and service,” comments Ed Heere, President and CEO of CoActiv.

At the 2012 RSNA conference, CoActiv will maintain its tradition of innovation with the debut of an enhanced zero-footprint web-based EXAM-BROWSER^® with real-time, multi-user collaboration and 3D reconstruction on-the-fly. Also new will be support for viewing and archiving of Hologic C-View 3D/2D tomosynthesis images. Innovative multi-tiered pricing for its EXAM-CLOUD^™/EXAM-VAULT^® extended time cloud-based archiving will include options from back-up and disaster recovery to complete medical image sharing and management.

Along with these new features and offerings, Freedom Imaging was also impressed with the innovative technology that has long been incorporated into the EXAM-PACS solution. “CoActiv’s EXAM-JACKET^® feature provides an intuitive way to display prior exams,” notes Cardone. “In just a single click, it provides instant, complete information for all prior exams, including full patient name, exam date and time, full exam description, accession number, ordering physician name, number of images and all relevant reports. For Freedom Imaging, innovation that meets client needs is key.”

About CoActiv

CoActiv Medical^® is a leading healthcare software and IT systems provider offering a full line of PACS, digital image and data storage services and related solutions for hospitals, imaging facilities and medical practices of all sizes. CoActiv’s EXAM-PACS^® family of web-based PACS solutions provide leading edge, affordable and scalable image management with sophisticated tools that cater to the needs of radiologists as well as a full range of other imaging specialists. Available as both enterprise server-based and cloud-based solutions, EXAM-PACS is designed for easy integration into imaging facilities of any size. Comprised of modular software components, EXAM-PACS enables any site to customize a solution to meet their specific needs and budgets or to add advanced functionality to an existing PACS solution. EXAM-PACS includes EXAM-FILER^® CD-burning solution; vendor-neutral, cloud-based HIPAA-compliant, offsite/online EXAM-CLOUD^™ QUAD-REDUNDANT ARCHIVING^®; EXAM-VAULT^® disaster recovery; patent-pending EXAM-SENDER^® referring physician system; EXAM-3D^® advanced, multi-modular 3D color reconstruction and visualization; EXAM-NET^™ teleradiology suite and EXAM-BROWSER^®, a revolutionary fully cloud-based, zero-footprint universal DICOM viewer that enables anywhere, anytime review of medical images on any PACS from any platform, including iPhone, iPad, and all Android and other tablets and smartphones. EXAM-PACS includes such premium features as support for breast specific gamma imaging (BSGI) and storage of non-DICOM data such as prescriptions, reports and surgical plans in patient files. Complementing this is CoActiv’s family of EXAM-RIS^® solutions scaled for imaging facilities of every size site and budget. Contact CoActiv at [phone]; [e-mail]; www.coactiv.com.