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Vital® Spotlights True Interoperability at HIMSS 2019 and Celebrates a KLAS No. 1 Ranking for Advanced Visualization

MINNETONKA, Minn., Feb. 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vital, a Canon Group company, will demonstrate its powerful Vitrea® Enterprise Imaging solution at this year's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference and Exhibition, booth #5959, Feb. 12 -14 in Orlando, FL. Additionally, Vital recently announced that it has secured a number one Category Leader Ranking for Advanced Visualization in the 2019 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report. KLAS is an independent healthcare research firm and 2019 Best of KLAS names top-performing healthcare IT vendors globally, reported by healthcare providers.

Interoperability with Rasu Shrestha, MD, MBA
To kick off HIMSS, Vital is proud to welcome Rasu Shrestha, MD, MBA to our booth on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 10:30 a.m. Shrestha, an industry thought leader and among the inaugural class of HIMSS Champions of Health, continues to have an innovative role in healthcare technology. Most recently, he is the executive vice president and chief strategy officer at Atrium Health in Charlotte, NC. At Vital booth #5959, Shrestha will be presenting Building the Foundation for True Interoperability. Register today to hear from this renowned leader in healthcare IT.

Experience Encounters-Based Imaging Workflow
Visit the Vital booth and experience the powerful capabilities of Vitrea Connection, Vital’s data orchestration engine, through Encounters-Based Imaging Workflow demonstrations that showcase point-of-care ultrasound as well as visible light scenarios. Learn how Vital can help organizations capture additional technical charges and simultaneously provide a more complete clinical record for patients and providers. Attendees will experience encounters-based imaging workflow in person and receive a complimentary professional headshot in the process.

Vitrea named KLAS 2019 Category Leader for Advanced Visualization
Each year, KLAS publishes the Best in KLAS report, naming the top-performing healthcare IT software and services vendors across numerous market segments. The Category Leader designation is awarded to stand-out solutions that help healthcare organizations deliver quality patient care.

Vitrea Advanced Visualization offers a multi-modality solution that delivers comprehensive applications in a variety of IT environments – ranging from single site to multi-site. The latest version of Advanced Visualization includes Global Illumination, delivering 3D renderings that provide more photorealistic views of the human anatomy and includes sharing the renderings as images, batches and movies. Experience the ease-of-use and real-world rendering powers of Global Illumination at HIMSS 2019.

"This recognition from KLAS validates Vital's ongoing commitment to providing healthcare organizations meaningful data," said Jim Litterer, President and CEO of Vital. "We remain focused on improving healthcare technology and are proud the Vitrea solution continues to build confidence in the organizations we support."

"Category Leaders are committed to providing the very best technology, service, and guidance to providers and payers," said Adam Gale, President of KLAS. "The Category Leader award carries with it the voice of thousands of providers and payers, highlighting outstanding vendors who have raised the bar." To read the full report, click here to download.

For more information about Vitrea and Vital's full suite of enterprise imaging solutions, visit booth #5959 at the 2019 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition. For more updates from Vital and HIMSS, visit www.vitalimages.com/himss.

About Vital®
Vital, a Canon Group company, has a legacy of leadership in healthcare imaging using smart algorithms and techniques of innovation spanning 30 years. As the premier provider of an Enterprise Imaging (EI) solution focused on interoperability, Vital transforms and seamlessly connects disparate PACS and other data into an efficient, perceptive and interoperable EI solution. Through modular and scalable enterprise message orchestration, enterprise visualization and enterprise analytics solutions, Vital's Vitrea® Enterprise Imaging solution makes data accessible across the entire enterprise anytime, anywhere, and in any standardized form. Today, Vital is selectively embedding intelligence and leveraging decades of smart algorithms in advanced visualization, giving clinicians the ability to make real-time precise decision-making for today's empowered healthcare consumer while delivering an exceptional patient care experience. For more information on how Vital is shaping the future of healthcare technology, visit www.vitalimages.com, or join the conversation on LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook.

About KLAS
KLAS is a data-driven company on a mission to improve the world's healthcare by enabling provider and payer voices to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare professionals, KLAS collects insights on software, services and medical equipment to deliver reports, trending data and statistical overviews. KLAS data is accurate, honest and impartial. The research directly reflects the voice of healthcare professionals and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. To learn more about KLAS and the insights we provide, visit www.KLASresearch.com

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For more information contact:
Jessica Baker
(952) 487-9713
jbaker@vitalimages.com
www.vitalimages.com