MELVILLE, N.Y., Jan. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Ringing in the New
Year with continued success in healthcare solutions excellence,
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in
digital imaging solutions, is proud to announce that it is has been
named a recipient of a 2017 Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) PaceSetter
award for Healthcare in the Hospital Networks category. BLI
PaceSetter awards are given once a year to recognize vendors that
offer highly impressive portfolios of devices, solutions and
services for healthcare providers. Made possible by the strong
collaboration of document imaging technologies offered by Canon
U.S.A. and several of its
subsidiaries, this award further validates that Canon integrated
solutions can offer valuable tools to help healthcare professionals
spend less time on administrative tasks so they may remain focused
on improving quality of care, meeting pressures to contain costs
and their compliance efforts1.
For this first-of-its-kind study, BLI invited all leading
document imaging original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to
complete an extensive questionnaire detailing their
healthcare-relevant offerings in eight key areas: Hardware,
Software, Service and Support, Professional Services, Security,
Industry Certifications, Vertical Leadership and Overall Value.
OEMs that opted to participate were also asked to make key
personnel available for in-depth interviews with the BLI analyst
team to give a more complete picture of the vendors' strategies for
the healthcare market. After gathering all the data, BLI's team
used a proprietary rating scale to calculate point totals in the
key areas studied. Since different segments of the healthcare
market have different needs, BLI's analysts created one rating
rubric weighted to reflect the challenges faced by large
organizations.
"Document imaging vendors can help healthcare facilities at
every level face mounting pressures in many areas, including the
need to move from paper records to electronic ones and trim costs
wherever possible," noted Jamie
Bsales, director, Office Workflow Solutions Analysis at BLI.
"While all four of this year's winning participants scored well in
both the Hospital Networks and Group Practices analyses, Canon
scored particularly well in areas most important to regional
medical networks."
"Few industries are undergoing as many challenges as healthcare,
which must adapt its practices to rising costs, changing regulatory
requirements and other difficulties that challenge healthcare
delivery organizations to remain efficient and profitable, while
still providing the highest level quality of care. We are honored
that Buyers Laboratory has recognized Canon's ability to help these
providers address these challenges," said Toyotsugu Kuwamura,
executive vice president and general manager, Business Imaging
Solutions Group, Canon U.S.A.,
Inc.
Devices, Software and Services that contributed to this award
include:
Devices
Adoption of electronic health records systems
(EHRs) by healthcare organizations has been one of the industry's
most transformative changes. Canon continues to support the goals
of the healthcare industry by providing healthcare professionals
with outstanding devices to facilitate patient workflow processes
through the inclusion of paper-based clinical document information
and the virtually seamless exchange of healthcare information into
many Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems. Notable products
within the Canon hardware portfolio that helped achieve this BLI
Pacesetter award include various imageRUNNER ADVANCE and imageCLASS
printers and MFPs, imageFORMULA scanners and imagePRESS color
production digital presses, Océ VarioPrint 6000+ and varioPRINT 135
Series monochrome digital production presses.
Software Solutions
Despite the rate of high EHR
adoption, many organizations still rely on paper records, including
paper charts, physician notes, physician orders and registrations.
Canon is committed to developing software solutions and
establishing relationships with other leading healthcare solutions
vendors to provide integration for unstructured documents into
EHRs. In addition, Canon has developed the uniFLOW platform to
provide caregivers Secure Print capabilities, restricted device
functionality and smooth integration to the PRISMAdirect order and
workflow management software for in-plant print centers, which can
help reduce total printing costs and provide security features.
Canon also scored highly in the software category thanks to
solutions offered by Canon Solutions America, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Canon U.S.A. These
solutions included OpenText™ RightFax and Direct Messaging partner
solution, a computer-based fax solution that provides
enterprise-grade faxing capabilities across an entire organization
and enables the efficient exchange of information to parties
outside of the hospital.
Services
BLI applauded Canon for its wide array of
services targeted at the healthcare industry, including Digital
Conversion Services for Healthcare offered by Canon Information and
Imaging Solutions (CIIS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon
U.S.A., Inc., aimed at
transforming existing patient records into digital records to help
improve efficiency, access to medical files and facilitate key
aspects of compliance1 efforts relative to managing
patient records. BLI also recognized Canon for its enterprise
managed services, as well as its Healthcare Advisory Team offered
by Canon Solutions America, a dedicated group of advisors focused
on advancing enterprise print and scan platforms throughout the
healthcare industry and providing research and best practices
related to print, document management technology and workflow
optimization.
In addition, BLI acknowledged Canon's position as a leading
solution provider to a broad range of medical professionals
leveraging its imaging technology expertise to offer a host of
solutions beyond document imaging and managed services. Among these
solutions are radiology and ophthalmology equipment, network video
surveillance solutions to help monitor hospital premises and LCOS
projection systems suitable for university/teaching hospitals.
For more information about Canon U.S.A., visit www.usa.canon.com.
About Buyers Laboratory LLC
Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) is the world's leading independent
provider of analytical information and services to the digital
imaging and document management industry. For over 50 years, buyers
have relied on BLI to help them differentiate products' strengths
and weaknesses and make the best purchasing decisions, while
industry sales, marketing and product professionals have turned to
BLI for insightful competitive intelligence and valued guidance on
product development, competitive positioning and sales channel and
marketing support. Using BLI's web-based bliQ and Solutions Center
services, 40,000 professionals worldwide create extensive
side-by-side comparisons of hardware and software solutions for
over 15,000 products globally, including comprehensive
specifications and the performance results and ratings from BLI's
unparalleled Lab, Solutions and Environmental Test Reports, the
result of months of hands-on evaluation in its US and UK labs. The
services, also available via mobile devices, include a
comprehensive library of BLI's test reports, an image gallery, hard
to find manufacturers' literature and valuable tools for
configuring products, calculating total cost of ownership (TCO) and
annual power usage. BLI also offers consulting and private,
for-hire testing services that help manufacturers develop and
market better products and consumables. For more information on
Buyers Laboratory LLC, please call 973-797-2100, visit
www.buyerslab.com, or e-mail info@buyerslab.com.
About Canon U.S.A.,
Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is
a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and
industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean (excluding Mexico) markets. With approximately
$31 billion in global revenue, its
parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranked third overall in U.S.
patents granted in 2015† and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's
Most Admired Companies in 2016. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest level of
customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent U.S.-based
consumer service and support for all of the products it
distributes. Canon U.S.A. is
dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and
environmental responsibility. In 2014, the Canon Americas
Headquarters secured LEED® Gold certification, a recognition for
the design, construction, operations and maintenance of
high-performance green buildings. To keep apprised of the latest
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†Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent
and Trademark Office.
Availability, prices and specifications are subject to change
without notice.
BLI is a business partner of Canon U.S.A., Inc.
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1 Canon offers security features that can help your business.
Many variables can impact the security of your devices and data.
Canon does not warrant that the use of its features will prevent
malicious attacks, or prevent misuse of devices or data or other
security issues. Nothing herein should be construed as legal
counsel or regulatory advice concerning customers' compliance with
laws. Customers must have their own qualified counsel determine the
feasibility of a particular solution as it relates to regulatory
and statutory compliance.
Some security settings may affect device functionality or
performance. You may want to test these settings before deploying
them in your environment to ensure you understand their
effects.
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