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Vancouver, Canada May 26,
2003 - Bycast Inc. www.bycast.com is pleased
to announce that the Provincial Health Services
Authority (PHSA) has selected Bycast StorageGRID
MultiSite™ as
the image archive solution for Children's & Women's
Health Centre of British Columbia (C&W). Bycast
will provide C&W with a 12 terabyte fully redundant
online DICOM archive.
"Bycast StorageGRID MultiSite™ provides
us with a fault tolerant and cost-effective software
solution that addresses the need for an open system
that can seamlessly grow in capacity and geographic
footprint. This allows us to reliably store local
studies and acquire exams from other facilities throughout
the province. The archive will interface with our
existing enterprise image viewing solution and provides
an open solution that integrates with all DICOM modalities
and PACS", said Jamus Spink, Corporate Director
Technical Services, PHSA.
"As we move towards an integrated regional
archive, Bycast's StorageGRID Architecture™ provides
the scalability and security needed to meet the data
volume and the multi-site requirements. It also allows
us to employ an open solution that interfaces with
existing multi-vendor systems", said Don Henkelman,
Chief Information Officer, PHSA.
"We are pleased to be working with an institution
of the caliber of C&W, a leader in pediatric
and women's care. Bycast will provide C&W with
a next generation solution that results in improved
patient care by enabling fast and secure access to
large numbers of current and historical imaging studies
from around the province", said Moe Kermani,
President and CEO of Bycast.
About Bycast Inc. www.bycast.com
Bycast provides GRID computing software solutions
for the storage and distribution of fixed content
data, including images, documents, audio and video
for the life sciences.
Bycast's product suite enables the creation of enterprise-wide
and regional data GRIDs that make the storage and
retrieval of images and documents faster, easier
to manage and more reliable. Bycast's products are
based on Bycast StorageGRID Architecture™,
specifically designed to overcome the scalability,
reliability, manageability and security challenges
encountered in the storage and distribution of petabytes
of fixed content data.
About the Provincial Health Services Authority www.phsa.ca
The Provincial Health Services Authority operates
provincial agencies that include Children's & Women's
Health Centre of B.C. and the B.C. Transplant Society.
PHSA's primary role is to ensure that B.C. residents
have access to a coordinated network of high-quality
specialized health care services.
About the Children's & Women's
Health Centre of British Columbia www.cw.bc.ca
The Children's & Women's Health Centre of British
Columbia was created in 1997 through the merger of
British Columbia's Children's Hospital created in
1982, British Columbia's Women's Hospital and Health
Centre, and Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children.
Today, C&W has more than 400 in-patient beds.
More than 4,000 staff and 800 physicians and scientists
work in its two Vancouver sites. C&W has the
largest maternal-fetal-newborn clinical service in
Canada and is the major referral centre in B.C. for
acutely ill or injured children.
For further information please contact
Bycast Inc. (604) 801-5300
corporate@bycast.com
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