11/16/2006

Image Stream Medical Passes VistA Imaging Testing

Nov. 14, 2006 Littleton, MA - Image Stream Medical (ISM) is pleased to announced that nStream™, ISM’s centralized digital video recording system, has been validated for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM®) conformance, following a rigorous battery of tests by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) VistA Imaging Project.
The VA's VistA Imaging Project is designed to make the complete multimedia patient record available to both clinicians and patients, ensuring accurate, accessible and timely record keeping. DICOM conformance ensures that a medical device that creates images produces those images in a standardized manner so that other medical devices will be able to interpret them correctly.
In order to create uniformity throughout the VA hospital network, the VA designed a series of tests to ensure that a medical imaging device utilizing DICOM meets the functionality needed by the VA and Department of Defense (DoD) and will work seamlessly within their imaging network. With very few independent DICOM validation tests available, the VA’s test results are highly valued, and are often considered a gold standard.
As an approved medical device which utilizes DICOM, any VA/DoD facility seeking to implement technology that captures and stores medical video and images can select nStream with the assurance that nStream has met the VA/DoD's criteria for DICOM, and will function according to the VA/DoD DICOM specifications. Having nStream available as a solution, will streamline the purchasing/planning process for the VA/DoD, and help to expose VA/DoD physicians to the same breakthrough technology available to hospitals in the public arena.
More information on the VA's DICOM conformance testing can be viewed at the following URL http://www1.va.gov/imaging/page.cfm?pg=6
About nStream
nStream is an easy to use and maintain, state of the art video document management system which blends seamlessly into the workflow of physicians using video or images during exams or procedures.
nStream captures and archives digital video using high capacity hard drives to store hours of video and hundreds of images. Onboard storage enables instant recall of archived procedures and will enable physicians to perform a side by side comparative analysis of the current procedure with an archived procedure. When nStream is connected to a VaultStream™ network, physicians are provided with the ability to recall historic procedures using any PC connected to the network, which in turn creates an intelligent workflow that increases efficiency.
About Image Stream Medical
Image Stream Medical, founded in 1999 developed the world's first commercially available DVD recording device targeted to the surgical marketplace. The rapidly growing customer list transcends surgical specialties including: Ophthalmology, Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology (ENT), Reproductive Health, Arthroscopy, General Surgery (Surgical Endoscopy), Gastroenterology and Plastic Reconstructive Surgery. ISM is currently working with several OEM partners. For more information on the company or its products, contact Brian Flanagan (978) 486-8494 ext.119 or visit the ISM website http://www.imagestreammedical.com.

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