Mortsel, Belgium, May 15, 2006 -- Agfa HealthCare announced today that it has signed an agreement with Novation, LLC for Agfa's Computed Radiography (CR) solutions and services to be part of Novation's product offerings for digital imaging.
Agfa's CR solutions include digitizers, plates and software that comprise a highly versatile system for the digitization of medical images. Novation is the healthcare contracting services company of VHA Inc. and University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), two national health care alliances in the U.S.
The three-year agreement, effective June 1, 2006, has the potential to generate nearly $25 million in sales for Agfa HealthCare, a worldwide market leader in CR research and technology.
Novation delivers savings and values to nearly 3,000 VHA and UHC members and must meet many distinct and important needs. "It is our goal to provide all of our members with the clinical knowledge, product expertise, innovative services and financial options that can truly make a difference in effective healthcare," said David Starr, product manager at Novation. "Agfa HealthCare has the ability to provide first class solutions at competitive pricing from which all our VHA and UHC members can benefit."
Agfa began working with Novation as an official contracted supplier in 2003, when both companies signed an agreement for Agfa's PACS (Picture Archiving & Communications Systems). Through this new agreement, Agfa HealthCare will continue to assist Novation facilities in their ongoing transition from analog to digital imaging and archiving.
"Through this agreement Novation has chosen to align itself with a supplier that can provide advanced systems solutions and extensive customer support," said David Chambers, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Agfa HealthCare, U.S. "We are very pleased about the agreement and look forward to providing services to VHA and UHC members."
Based in Irving, Texas, Novation is the leading health care contracting services company in the U.S., delivering unmatched savings and value to nearly 3,000 members of VHA Inc. and the University Health System Consortium (UHC), two national health care alliances. Through its public competitive bid process, Novation develops and manages contracts with more than 700 suppliers, both large and small. By combining scale and agility with clinical knowledge and product expertise, Novation offers the most extensive range of innovative contracting services, including: contract development, contract and supplier management, custom contracting, enhanced savings programs, online contract management and analytical tools, order management and online supplier connectivity. VHA and UHC members used Novation's contracts to purchase more than $25 billion in supplies in 2005.
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