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"More and more veterinary practices are requesting that their softwareintegrate with laboratory equipment, reference laboratories, digital imaging,and other services," said Steven McAllister, president of McAllister SoftwareSystems. "AVImark version 2008 began responding to this trend through initialintegrations with IDEXX, Abaxis, and AFP Imaging. AVImark 2009 will containmore integration with others in the veterinary industry, including additionalequipment manufacturers, so veterinarians can work with the vendors theychoose. We're continuing to enable our customers to take advantage of theadded speed, efficiency, and accuracy that comes from cutting-edgetechnology."
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AVImark 2009 will offer new integrations with the following partners:
-- Sound Technologies, a DICOM integration, which also works with amodality work list. This includes Sounds TruDR Digital Radiography System andTruPACS DICOM Image Management Solutions.
-- VDIC, Inc., a professional network of specialists in fields such asradiology, ultrasound, and cytology. Veterinarians will be able to digitallysend radiographs to this network for evaluation via the VetMedStat link.
-- Veterinary Pharmacy Reference software from Veterinary SoftwareAssociates. This drug formulary and resource will allow veterinarians toaccess drug information, including dosing, side effects, and potentialreactions, from the AVImark Client Information Display (CID).
-- Associated Veterinary Purchasing Company, Ltd. (AVP), an electronicpurchase order system that allows Canadian practices to make online purchaseswith AVP through AVImark.
-- Odyssey Veterinary Software and its Diagnostic Imaging Atlas (DIA) forvets, from which veterinarians can pull three-dimensional illustrationsthrough AVImark to help clients better understand patient conditions andtreatment options.
-- Additional Heska equipment, including the HemaTrue CBC, i-STAT 1, andDRI-CHEM Vet Chemistry Analyzer, through the Heska DCU (data capture utility).Test results from lab equipment can be imported directly from equipment viaXML format to a patient's medical history record within AVImark.
-- VCA Antech Diagnostics/Zoasis Corp., allowing AVImark users to downloadresults from reference laboratories via Zoasis.com directly into theirsoftware.
"Practice management software has truly become the backbone of aveterinary practice," McAllister said. "When practices can use their softwareto instantly link with other laboratories and specialists, quickly accessexternal resources like drug formularies and patient illustrations, anddecrease the time that they spend on routine tasks, they can free up stafftime to see additional patients throughout the day or focus on otherprojects."
AVImark 2009 also integrates with other practice management tools fromMcAllister Software Systems, including MSS Data Vault online backup service,McAllister Payment Solutions credit card processing, MSS Reminder Cards, andMSS Pet I.D. Cards.
About McAllister Software Systems, Inc.
McAllister Software Systems, Inc., creators of AVImark(R), has beendelivering industry-leading practice management software since 1988. Today,AVImark has become the most popular, best-selling software in the veterinaryindustry, available exclusively through Henry Schein, Inc. Throughaward-winning training and technical support, McAllister helps practices reachtheir greatest potential by using AVImark to its fullest capacity. Thecompany also offers other innovative products and services, such as MSS DataVault, McAllister Payment Solutions, MSS Pet I.D. Cards, MSS Reminder Cards,and Veterinary Wholesale Supply. Headquartered in Piedmont, MO, the companyemploys more than 125 people and offers products and services to more than9,000 veterinary clinics in the United States, Canada and South Africa. Formore information, visit http://www.avimark.net.
SOURCE McAllister Software Systems, Inc.
