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Merge Chief Executive Officer - Justin Dearborn - has announced that on Wednesday, April 28th Merge Healthcare completed its acquisition of AMICAS, Inc.

“This transaction has created a company of a new scale in the healthcare IT marketplace. Let me share with you some little known facts about Merge:

• 1500 hospital and 2200 clinical practice sites use our software to improve efficiency and diagnostic care.
• Our perioperative solutions help 600 operating rooms improve quality, control costs and improve throughput.
• With over 100,000 copies downloaded, eFilm Workstation® is one of the most widely recognized and used diagnostic workstations in the world.
• We have a strong foundation of intellectual property with over 50 patents granted.
• Our Breast MR CAD solution, CADStream®, is the most widely used solution for computer aided detection of breast cancer with over 60% market share.
• Our cardiovascular automation solutions, including VERICIS and Hemodynamics, were among the first, and are among the most widely deployed solutions in the market.
• Merge was first to market to deliver zero-client imaging technology, which enables EMR records to effectively and meaningfully include medical images.
• Our Enterprise Content Management platform was the first vendor-neutral archive in the market and is deployed at many of the largest and most sophisticated providers across the country.
• The majority of medical imaging modality manufacturers use Merge software development toolkits,
• ... and Merge has actively supported the World Health Imaging, Telemedicine & Informatics Alliance (WHITIA) efforts to bring digital imaging to underserved markets around the world.

  We are excited about the combination of Merge and AMICAS — it will mean great things for all our customers and for our business. In addition to the many complementary products that we believe will be beneficial for you and your organization, we will have improved scale for our service, support and product development efforts.

These are interesting times for healthcare providers and suppliers alike. Healthcare delivery is undergoing a revolution in the US and around the world, and the challenge for improved service, outcome-based medicine and reduced costs can only be met by dedicated people and new ideas. Over the next few weeks you will be introduced to new members of our dedicated team and new ideas for your business.

Merge and AMICAS each have a proud history of innovation in healthcare IT. We invite all of our customers and partners to visit the Merge Healthcare Innovation Center in Chicago for hands-on experience with our latest ideas in patient experience and portable technologies”.

Healthinc Managing Director – Terry Callaghan stated, “the Merge acquisition of AMICAS combined with Healthinc‘s understanding of the Australian radiology business, is an immense opportunity for our AMICAS PACS customers. They will benefit from a business that has greater scale - this means expanded capabilities and experience for development, professional services and customer support”.

About Healthinc
Healthinc is a 100% privately owned Australian company; designing, developing and supporting the industry’s most advanced radiology information systems (RIS), web-based PACS, Teleradiology, integration systems and business intelligence tools. Healthinc has an installed customer base of over 350 radiology sites in the Australian market.

For Further Information Contact:

Brooke O’Sullivan
Healthinc - Marketing Manager
Ph: 1800 882 443
E: bosullivan@healthinc.com.au