UK Firm Wins Award for Eye-Imaging Software

Digital Healthcare (Cambridge, UK), a leading supplier of software for diabetic retinal screening programs and ophthalmology in the United Kingdom, has won a top prize at the Microsoft Healthcare Users Group (MS-HUG) Annual Awards 2006, which recognize outstanding technology innovations that improve patient healthcare.

Digital Healthcare has won the Best in Class Partner Award in the acute care--clinical/patient information systems category for the OptoMize iP, its innovative software system that is used in community eye-screening programs to detect and monitor diabetic retinopathy, a disease of the retina that is the single largest cause of blindness in the United Kingdom. The software combines an advanced digital imaging system, which captures digital images of the retina, with a fully-automated electronic patient administration system.

Matthew Adams, Digital Healthcare's development director, received the award from senior MS-HUG and Microsoft representatives at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference in San Diego (CA, USA) in February 2006, which attracted over 23,000 delegates.

Mr. Adams said, "We are honored to have been selected for this award, and delighted that the contribution which Digital Healthcare's software makes to healthcare is being recognized in this way. Optomize iP is currently being used to screen over 500,000 patients worldwide every year.”

Steve Shihadeh, general manager, Microsoft Healthcare and Life Sciences, remarked, "This technology provides significant benefits to healthcare organizations and helps to build a more efficient and patient-friendly healthcare system.”



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