San Diego, CA (HIMSS Booth #5633) – February 13, 2006 

Agfa HealthCare introduced today IMPAX™ Mobile*, an ultra-thin, web-deployable client that enables secure, wireless image distribution. IMPAX Mobile will extend Agfa’s IMPAX 6.0 PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System) beyond the enterprise, giving healthcare providers secure “anywhere access” to patient data and images.

IMPAX Mobile will offer healthcare facilities the flexibility to disseminate information and images in real time to mobile devices such as PDA and notebook computers, resulting in more effective use of imaging distribution and timely decisions for appropriate treatment plans. All of this will add up to a reduction in image and information distribution costs.

With IMPAX Mobile, patient data and data for clinical review is never transferred from the archive to a mobile device, keeping it secure. 
"IMPAX Mobile will provide basic PACS and 3D functionality wherever the clinician happens to be," said Dave Wilson, Enterprise Solutions, Agfa HealthCare. "This will be especially critical to physicians who need quick clinical image access. IMPAX Mobile will allow clinicians to maintain patient-centric care, even when in a remote location and it will permit clinicians to view clinically relevant information at the point of care, helping patients to have all the information they need to make informed decisions."

IMPAX Mobile will employ a simple and intuitive interface making it very easy-to-use. IMPAX Mobile can be installed as an extension to existing PACS installations as well as an integral component of Agfa’s recently launched, next generation IMPAX 6.0.


About Agfa

The Agfa-Gevaert Group is one of the worlds leading imaging and information technology companies. Agfa develops, manufactures and markets analog and digital systems for the graphics industry, the healthcare sector and specific industrial applications. Agfa’s headquarters are in Mortsel, Belgium. The company is active in 40 countries and has agents in another 100 countries throughout the world. The Agfa-Gevaert Group achieved a turnover of 3,762 million euro in 2004.

Agfa’s HealthCare business group supplies hospitals and other healthcare centers with state-of-the-art systems for the capturing, processing and managing of diagnostic images and with IT solutions that integrate the imaging workflow into the overall hospital operations across departmental disciplines. In addition, Agfa is a leader in the fast growing market of IT systems that span the entire healthcare enterprise and through which healthcare facilities become more efficient and effective, with improved patient outcomes. For more information on Agfa, visit www.agfa.com.

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Agfa, the Agfa rhombus and IMPAX are trademarks of Agfa-Gevaert N.V., Belgium or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

*Note: IMPAX Mobile is a works in progress and is not yet commercially available in the United States.

Contacts:

Nancy Glynn
Vice President Communications
tel.: +32 (0)3 444 80 00 
fax: +32 (0)3 444 74 85
e-mail: nancy.glynn@agfa.com

Geertrui De Smet
Global PR Manager HealthCare
tel.: +32 (0) 3 444 73 06 
fax: +32 (0) 3 444 72 85 
e-mail: geertruidesmet@agfapress.com

Johan Jacobs
Corporate Press Relations Manager
tel.: +32 (0)3 444 80 15 
fax: +32 (0)3 444 74 85
e-mail: johan.jacobs@agfa.com