Eklin Medical Names Ballance Head of New Data Service... ( Former UC Davis IT Executive to Hel...)

Eklin Medical Names Ballance Head of New Data Services Division

Date:3/19/2008

Former UC Davis IT Executive to Help Drive Open Standard Data Management

Systems for Company

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Eklin Medical Systems, a leading developer of digital radiography (DR), PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System) and practice management software (VIA(TM)) for veterinary care practices, announced the company has appointed Dennis Ballance, DVM, as division manager of the newly-formed Eklin Data Services Division. Ballance has served as a consultant and executive for both academic and industry information technology (IT) development. He is currently co-chair of the industry's DICOM Standards Committee along with William Hornof, DVM, DACVR, Eklin's chief medical officer.

"Dr. Ballance is uniquely qualified for this critical position given his education and experience in veterinary care, informatics and IT," said Hornof. "Our goal for all of our products is to support the same open industry standards for digital information in veterinary care as now exists in human medicine. As the demand for our open standards technology accelerates, we look to Dennis to help drive our new Data Services Division in order to help provide innovative solutions to meet this demand."

Prior to Eklin, Ballance served as director of hospital information technology at the University of California, Davis, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH). He also has consulted with industry software companies and the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at North Carolina State University. He is the author and co-author of several published, peer-reviewed veterinary medicine articles focusing on digital imaging and data management technology. Ballance received his bachelor of arts in Zoology from UC Davis, where he graduated cum laude. He later received his doctor of veterinary medicine degree from UC Davis as well.

Eklin provides a number of digital and data management products including DR, PACS and
'/>"/>

0

GOOD

Page: 1 2 3
Related medicine news :

1. Keeneland Scales Eklin Digital Repository(TM) to 32 Medical Image Review Workstations
2. Michigan State Medical Society Will Present How VEBA is Shifting Michigans Health Care Gears
3. Response Biomedical Corp. - Year End 2007 Earnings Webcast and Conference Call - March 31, 2008
4. SearchMedica Offers Medical Professionals Six New Specialized Clinical Web Searches
5. Organogenesis Names Regenerative Medicine Expert Dr. Damien Bates Vice President, Medical Affairs
6. Prize or patent? Innovative ideas for funding medical drug development and access
7. Flip-chart book translates complicated medical procedures into easy-to-understand language
8. Globus Medical Launches NIKO(TM) Corpectomy Spacer System
9. Cancer detected earlier, faster, with new medical imaging, Stanford study finds
10. XTend Medical (XMDC) Continues to Add Diabetic Patients to Telehealth Diabetic Program
11. Americas Top Pediatric Medical Institutions Unite to Drive Increased Federal Investment in Pediatric Research

Post Your Comments:

Eklin Medical Names Ballance Head of New Data Service...( Former UC Davis IT Executive to Hel...),Health