Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists to Expand Comprehensive Eklin Digital Practice(R)... ( HOUSTON and SANTA CLARA Calif. Ja...)

Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists to Expand Comprehensive Eklin Digital Practice(R) Solutions

Date:1/13/2009

HOUSTON and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists (GCVS), one of the top veterinary care facilities in the nation, announced it will be installing the VIA(R) practice management software system and Philips ultrasound platforms from Eklin Medical Systems. GCVS currently uses Eklin's RapidStart(TM) DR (digital radiography) and RapidPACS(TM) (Picture Archiving and Communications System) as part of the facility's Eklin Digital Practice(R). All systems are based on Eklin's open standards architecture, allowing seamless integration of the imaging modalities, image management and practice management software.

"We have used Eklin solutions on the imaging and image management side of our large, multi-specialty practice for several years with great success," said Brian Poteet, DVM, Diplomate ACVR, co-owner and director of Diagnostic Imaging for Gulf Coast. "We wanted to convert from our current practice management software system to one that could seamlessly integrate with all of our imaging modalities (DR, US, MR, CT and NM) using DICOM protocols. Eklin's VIA will easily do this and also help us streamline the workflow between all of our specialties."

The expanded Eklin Digital Practice will be implemented first at the GCVS Dallas facility supporting multiple departments throughout the practice. Further expansion will then occur at the Houston facility including additional ultrasound systems for clinical needs and training programs as well as the VIA system. While all Eklin solutions will benefit GCVS, Poteet especially believes VIA will bring a large number of advantages to the practice.

"With such a wide variety of specialties and services, it is very easy for charges to get lost in a busy practice and data input errors to occur," said Poteet. "The VIA system enables a modality worklist which gives us far better patient record security by significantly redu
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