Merge, AG Mednet team to provide imaging trial management tools

Merge Healthcare and AG Mednet have partnered to develop a full suite of tools to manage imaging clinical trials worldwide.

Chicago-based Merge Healthcare will integrate its Clinical Imaging Management System (Merge CIMS) with Boston-based AG Mednet’s image collection platform to enable images and data to flow directly into Merge CIMS and data capture systems.

Merge CIMS provides real-time access to study imaging and data, and the integration will provide an end-to-end system to assemble, de-identify and deliver submissions to trial repositories.
Evan Godt
Evan Godt, Writer

Evan joined TriMed in 2011, writing primarily for Health Imaging. Prior to diving into medical journalism, Evan worked for the Nine Network of Public Media in St. Louis. He also has worked in public relations and education. Evan studied journalism at the University of Missouri, with an emphasis on broadcast media.

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