Digital Healthcare Unveils latest version of dynamic OcuLab iP® Imaging Software for Ophthalmology.

March 22, 2006 (PRLEAP.COM) Technology News
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Baltimore, MD. March 22, 2006. Digital Healthcare Inc, the Baltimore-based clinical imaging and workflow management company is pleased to announce the availability of its latest version of OcuLab iP® for clinical ophthalmology. This innovative product was introduced at the ASCRS meeting in San Francisco, March 17-22, 2006.

The new OcuLab system features a wide range of improvements including a new interface to OCT instruments with the XML export function enabled, new high resolution digital CCD cameras for improved imaging on fundus cameras, improved patient management workflow modules, patient appointment tracking and enhanced image processing and analysis functions. The company also announced the availability of its Web based ophthalmology viewer that allows images and patient historical data to be viewed over a web portal from home or remote locations.

Announcing the availability of version 1.9 Digital Healthcare’s CEO Gerry Skews said “We are delighted with the progress we are making in clinical ophthalmology with our new iP® platform, the feedback and response from customers is positive and encouraging. We look forward to further extending the product in the future.”

The iP® system is a rapid applications development platform built on the highly acclaimed Microsoft .NET framework. The system is a service oriented architecture (SOA) where the individual services are connected using a programmable workflow engine. In this way it becomes possible to develop complex applications that involve high performance imaging. The company has already announced products for Diabetic Retinal Diagnostic Imaging and is currently developing applications for pharmaceutical trials management. In February 2006, Digital Healthcare was awarded the “Best in Class” MS Health Users Group award for acute care with its OptoMize iP® system.

About Digital Healthcare, Inc:
Based in Baltimore, Maryland with a Midwest office in Madison, Wisconsin, Digital Healthcare develops advanced imaging and workflow technologies for a range of healthcare applications. Digital Healthcare designed a rapid applications development platform based on Microsoft .NET connected technologies framework called iP® and the company now offers products in Clinical Ophthalmology, Remote Retinal Diagnostic Imaging and Digital Reading Centers. The company counts several major US defense organizations and several leading academic institutions among its early adopters. Digital Healthcare’s parent company is based in Cambridge, England, and was formed as a management buyout from Perkin Elmer Life Sciences (NYSE: PKI) in 1999.

For more information, please contact the following:
Media Contact: Monica L. Bush - mlb@digital-healthcare.com
Technical Contact: Tony Dolezal - tjd@digital-healthcare.com
CEO: Gerry Skews - gns@digital-healthcare.com
Website: www.digital-healthcare.com