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Press Release
Oxford Instruments Healthcare
1027 SW 30th Ave., Deerfield Beach, FL 33442, USA
Tel: +1 888 673 5151 Fax: +1 954 596 4945
Press Release
Email: healthcare@oxinst.com
www.oxford-instruments.com/healthcare
Release date: April 16, 2015
Oxford Instruments Healthcare Partners With Sapheneia-Scannerside
Oxford Instruments Healthcare, a division of Oxford Instruments that specializes in providing
refurbished CT and MRI scanners, today announced that they have partnered with SapheneiaScannerside to help hospitals and Medicare providers with a single source, comprehensive dose
management system including NEMA XR-29 upgrades set to go into effect in 2016.
With Sapheneia’s state of the art radiation dose reduction software, ClearCT™, and Scannerside’s
cumulative dose tracking system, Oxford Instruments Healthcare will be able to provide Low Dose
Reference Adult and Pediatric protocols as well as DICOM Radiation Dose Structured Reporting
(RDSR), helping to improve patient safety while assisting facilities in meeting XR-29 compliance
requirements. This relationship will also bring the most cost effective Low Dose Lung Screening
solution meeting CMS requirements.
"We are pleased to announce our partnership with Sapheneia. The arrangement allows us to provide
our customers with an economical solution to changes imposed by CMS,” said Jeff Fall, President,
Oxford Instruments Healthcare. “The new agreement with Oxford Instruments will reinforce the "Best in Class" position and "Single
Solution" approach from Sapheneia-Scannerside when upgrading imaging facilities across the U.S,”
said Founder and Chairman of the Board, Pat Sewell. “These efforts will also lead to new strategic
products that will position our companies to better compete in the ever changing medical industry.”
Issued for and on behalf of Oxford Instruments Healthcare
For further information please contact:
Chloé Foster
Marketing Communications Manager
Oxford Instruments Healthcare
Email: chloe.foster@oxinst.com
Tel: +1 (954) 596-4945
Fax: +1 (954) 596-4946
Oxford Instruments Service LLC, Registered office: 600 Milik Street, P O Box 429, Carteret NJ 07008, USA. Registered in Delaware, number 4724721.
A subsidiary of Oxford Instruments plc.
About Oxford Instruments plc
Oxford Instruments designs, supplies and supports high-technology tools and systems with a focus on
research and industrial applications. It provides solutions needed to advance fundamental physics
research and its transfer into commercial nanotechnology applications. Innovation has been the
driving force behind Oxford Instruments' growth and success for over 50 years, and its strategy is to
effect the successful commercialisation of these ideas by bringing them to market in a timely and
customer-focused fashion.
The first technology business to be spun out from Oxford University over fifty years ago, Oxford
Instruments is now a global company with over 1900 staff worldwide and is listed on the FTSE250
index of the London Stock Exchange (OXIG). Its objective is to be the leading provider of new
generation tools and systems for the research and industrial sectors.
This involves the combination of core technologies in areas such as low temperature, high magnetic
field and ultra high vacuum environments, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, X-ray, electron and optical
based metrology, and advanced growth, deposition and etching.
Oxford Instruments aims to pursue responsible development and deeper understanding of our world
through science and technology. Its products, expertise, and ideas address global issues such as
energy, environment, security and health.
About Oxford Instruments Healthcare
Oxford Instruments Healthcare offers a comprehensive range of CT & MRI products and services to
the North American Market: from refurbished systems sales, to complete maintenance services, to
replacement parts sales. Oxford Instruments Healthcare delivers offerings from facilities in Northern
California and Southern Florida. Oxford Instruments Healthcare is a dedicated team of 60 highly
skilled professionals who are recognized leaders in the North American market place. Oxford
Instruments Healthcare is ISO certified and has achieved an unmatched reputation quality and
integrity while providing much needed cost savings and value to its customers.
About Sapheneia-Scannerside
Sapheneia-Scannerside are two U.S. global technologies companies that have come together to
provide a single source solution for the radiology industry. Sapheneia-Scannerside has one of the
most effective, affordable and reliable Comprehensive Dose Strategies in the industry. Scannerside
continues its forefront market position by monitoring compliance laws and building applications that
satisfy the current legislation with rapid product deployment. For nearly a decade, Sapheneia software
has been in routine, clinical use at major hospitals and imaging centers worldwide, supporting CT
scanner systems from all manufacturers, including GE, Philips, Siemens, and Toshiba. The clinical
solutions solve issues for X-Ray, NM and CT and also supply some of the world’s largest equipment
manufacturers with software for ultrasound and other modalities. www.Sapheneia.com
Oxford Instruments Service LLC, Registered office: 600 Milik Street, P O Box 429, Carteret NJ 07008, USA. Registered in Delaware, number 4724721.
A subsidiary of Oxford Instruments plc.
Oxford Instruments Service LLC, Registered office: 600 Milik Street, P O Box 429, Carteret NJ 07008, USA. Registered in Delaware, number 4724721.
A subsidiary of Oxford Instruments plc.