Fujifilm signed the medical contract for $768 million with the Pentagon

In August, 2017 it became known of obtaining by Fujifilm company the large contract for delivery of the medical systems from the American military.

The agreement is signed between division of Fujifilm Medical Systems USA and the U.S. Department of Defense (Department of Defense, DoD) and Administration of veterans  of the USA (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs). The cost of the contract calculated on ten years (more precisely, on five with an opportunity prolongation for as much), is $768 million.

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According to terms of the contract, the American government medical institutions will be able to purchase and implement the Synapse systems (including the solutions Synapse 5 PACS, Synapse Mobility Enterprise Web Viewer, Synapse 3D, Synapse CV and Synapse VNA) intended for work with medical data and images. They allow to archive and distribute large volumes of images from all visualization devices, managing all of them within a single system.

For Fujifilm a great honor to receive the excellent contract from DoD — dear client who estimated our products and services and also our pilot team of professionals who have knowledge necessary for accomplishment of trouble-free implementations. This achievement for DIN-PACS IV which says that Fujifilm manages the business on the highest quality standards to provide world-class medical solutions to the American military personnel and veterans — the vice president for IT systems for health care of Fujifilm Medical Systems USA Bill Lacy said.

In August, 2017 the Pentagon and Administration of veterans  of the USA continued project implementation of MHS Genesis which purpose is updating of the operating electronic medical system. Technologies of Fujifilm will play an important role in this transition.^[1]

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