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The company's products included an integrated picture archiving and communication system (PACS) for radiology, mammography, and pathology; a cardiology information system (CVIS); a radiology information system (RIS); and digital dictation, voice recognition, medical transcription, advanced image processing, management reporting, regulatory compliance reporting, and Internet image/results distribution systems, as well as associated interfaces. DR Systems was privately held and was headquartered in San Diego, California.
DR Systems was founded in 1992 by two practicing neuroradiologists, Murray Reicher, M.D., and Evan K. Fram, M.D.
The company delivered its first PACS product in January 1993. DR Systems employed approximately 180 employees. Since inception, it focused exclusively on medical diagnostic imaging systems technology.
The company was the first vendor to conduct automated medical image management for melding medical image management and audio.
DR Systems was acquired by Merge Healthcare, and Merge Healthcare was purchased by IBM in 2015.
DR System's Chairman of the Board was Murray Reicher, M.D., a board-certified diagnostic radiologist and co-founder. The company's President and Chief Executive Officer was Richard Porritt.
DR Systems' fundamental product was its Unity RIS/PACS, a single-user interface platform that combines RIS/PACS functions with multiple facets of the workflow for diagnostic imaging patients and the electronic medical record. Elements included Web-based scheduling, dictation, voice recognition, transcription, advanced image processing, output to billing systems and services, and Web-based image/results distribution.
DR Systems was highly successful in licensing its 1995 patent related to hanging protocols to other medical imaging informatics vendors throughout the world. Patents include: 5,452,416; 7,660,488; 7,787,672; 7,885,440; 7,920,152; 7,953,614; 7,970,625; 8,019,138; 8,094,901; 8,217,966; and 8,244,014.
