DR Systems

DR Systems

DR Systems, Inc. is an independent provider of enterprise imaging and information management systems for hospitals, integrated healthcare networks and diagnostic imaging centers. The company's products include 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 is privately held and is headquartered in San Diego, Calif.

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History

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. Currently, DR Systems has approximately 180 employees. Since inception, it has focused exclusively on medical diagnostic imaging systems technology.

The company was the first PACS vendor to receive a U.S. patent for automated medical image management and separate patent for melding medical image management and audio.

Management

DR System's Chairman of the Board is Murray Reicher, M.D., a board-certified diagnostic radiologist and co-founder. The company's President and Chief Executive Officer is Richard Porritt.

Products

DR Systems' fundamental product is 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 include Web-based scheduling, dictation, voice recognition, transcription, advanced image processing, output to billing systems and services, and Web-based image/results distribution.

Patent Controversy

DR systems, has a 1995 patent (US patent 5452416 ) covering all the normal ways that a PACS would display images to a user, and they are pursuing multiple vendors whom they regard as infringing it[1]. Although regarded by experts in the field as being covered by prior art [2] [3] and having all 16 initial claims dismissed on re-examination[4], the USPTO somehow allowed them to be reworked, which is the basis for the current actions.

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