Amicas announces Q3 wins

Amicas reported that it signed 15 new contracts in Q3 2007.

The contracts establish partnerships with a variety of hospitals, imaging centers, teleradiology businesses and radiology groups, according to Amicas.

One of the contracts is with California Imaging and Diagnostic of Hemet, Calif., for Amicas’ Vision Series PACS, Vision Series RIS, Vision Reach and Vision Series Document Management.

The Boston-based company said it also signed its first RadStream contract in Q3 2007 with St. Mary's Health Care System of Athens, Ga.

"We look forward to our partnerships with CID and our other new customers," said Stephen Kahane, chairman and CEO of Amicas. "Our focus is on developing the best solutions for automating radiology workflow - and our commitment to staying very close to our customers and to investing in R&D will ensure a rich product pipeline and strong radiology automation solutions."

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