Barco preferred visualization partner of e-health solutions provider NEXUS
Kortrijk, Belgium, 28 November 2009 - Medical imaging specialist Barco has been selected by medical information systems provider NEXUS / DIS as the preferred supplier of medical display technology. NEXUS / DIS, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, has been a longtime Barco customer.
Under the terms of the agreement, Barco will be the preferred PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications Solution) display provider for NEXUS's worldwide client base. This includes the delivery of a wide range of diagnostic and clinical review displays in combination with Barco's MediCal QAWeb system for long-term quality assurance.Uwe Beikirch, Managing Director at NEXUS / DIS explains: “Barco's innovative display offering is the ideal complement for our cutting-edge healthcare IT systems. Barco is an established market leader in high-quality PACS displays. They have a full range of grayscale and color displays which, in combination with MediCal QAWeb, guarantees perfect image quality over time and across displays. In addition, Barco's advanced technology solutions such as the Coronis Fusion 6MP sets the company apart from the competition.”
“We are delighted to be selected as NEXUS's preferred visualization partner,” comments Piet Candeel, Vice-President of Barco's medical imaging division. “This agreement is an award for our long-standing business partner relation with NEXUS. NEXUS has a solid, worldwide customer base and we are confident that this collaboration will allow us to further expand our market reach.”
About NEXUS
NEXUS develops and sells modular software solutions internationally for healthcare systems in the areas of "Clinical Information Systems" (CIS), "Diagnostic Information Systems" (DIS) and "IT Services". Comprehensive solutions for hospitals and psychiatric institutions are designed and supported within NEXUS / CIS. The solutions of NEXUS / DIS cover special ward and specialist areas for radiology, pathology as well as for gynecology/obstetrics and intensive care medicine. NEXUS bets on modern, modular software architecture in all product areas, which enables flexible and step-by-step introduction of NEXUS systems.
More than 360 staff members in the NEXUS Group develop software solutions for the healthcare sector, with which approximately 76,500 users in 17 countries work.
About Barco
Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets. Barco has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.
Barco (NYSE Euronext Brussels: BAR) is active in more than 90 countries with about 3300 employees worldwide. Barco posted sales of 725 million euro in 2008.
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