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\n Royal Philips<\/a> (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, and Akumin Inc<\/a>.<\/a>, a leading provider of outpatient diagnostic imaging services in the U.S., today announced a strategic collaboration to deploy Philips\u2019 new Radiology Operations Command <\/a>Center<\/a> across Akumin\u2019s outpatient imaging centers and co-create clinical standards for Akumin\u2019s MR and CT imaging modalities.<\/p>\n

Designed to centralize, virtualize, and standardize network-wide imaging operations while facilitating secure remote access, Philips\u2019 vendor-agnostic command center broadens the scope of collaboration and expertise sharing between technologists, radiologists and imaging operations teams across multiple sites capabilities that fit perfectly into Akumin\u2019s networked imaging center model. Akumin, which currently operates over 130 outpatient imaging centers across seven U.S. states, is Philips\u2019 first large-scale commercial Radiology Operations Command Center customer in North America. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very excited to partner with Philips on this important strategic initiative to standardize the delivery of clinical care to our patients, while ensuring business continuity, improving \u2018first time\u2019 image quality, and increasing our clinical personnel productivity\u201d, said Riadh Zine, President & CEO of Akumin.<\/p>\n

\u201cAddressing radiology pain points such as operator variability, training, and the need to standardize and optimize image quality, Radiology Operations Command Center is Philips\u2019 latest innovation in quality and productivity improvement,\u201d said Kees Wesdorp<\/a>, Chief Business Leader, Precision Diagnosis at Philips. \u201cDeploying Philips Radiology Operations Command Center across Akumin\u2019s center-of-excellence imaging network is the perfect opportunity to further drive radiology workflow efficiency to improve patient outcomes, enhance patient and staff experiences, and reduce the cost of care.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leveraging the capabilities of the command center, Philips and Akumin aim to establish best-practice clinical standards for Akumin\u2019s MRI and CT modalities to enable a consistent approach to imaging procedures across the Akumin platform. It will also allow Akumin to implement centralized tailored support for individual imaging centers to improve their on-site clinical expertise.<\/p>\n

Philips\u2019 integrated, data-driven radiology workflow solutions connect people, data and technology to advance precision diagnosis and create clear care pathways that lead to predictable outcomes. For example, Philips Radiology Operations Command Center allows technologists and radiologists to have a real-time \u2018virtual\u2019 telepresence in any connected MR or CT console room to contribute expertise, guidance and training in acquiring right-first-time images. Its ability to centrally monitor every MR and CT scanner in a network from a single location and orchestrate workflows helps to maintain business continuity, increase enterprise-wide radiology productivity, minimize issues with image quality, and expand access to advanced MR- and CT-based diagnosis.<\/p>\n

The Philips Radiology Operations Command Center is the latest addition to Philips\u2019 end-to-end Radiology Workflow Suite<\/a>, which helps drive clinical and operational efficiency across all phases of the diagnostic enterprise, including patient scheduling and preparation (Patient Management<\/a>), image acquisition (Radiology Operations Command Center, Collaboration Live<\/a>, MR Smart<\/a>Workflow<\/a>, Radiology Imaging Suite), image and data interpretation (Workflow Orchestrator<\/a>, Advanced Visualization Workspace – IntelliSpace<\/a> Portal<\/a>), reporting (Clinical Collaboration Platform<\/a>), decision-making, pathway selection and treatment (Tumor Multidisciplinary Team Orchestrator), and follow-up care (Enterprise Performance Suite<\/a>). The Philips Radiology Operations Command Center supports legacy systems as well as state of the art technology including Philips newest innovation, the spectral detector-based Spectral Computed Tomography (CT) 7500<\/a>, to expand access to novel imaging across the enterprise. <\/p>\n

\n For further information, please contact:<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

Kathy O\u2019Reilly
Philips Global Press Office
Tel.: +1 978-221-8919
E-mail: kathy.oreilly@philips.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter: @kathyoreilly<\/a><\/p>\n

R. Jeffrey White
Akumin Inc.
Investor Relations
Tel.: +1 866-640-5222
E-mail: jeffrey.white@akumin.com<\/p>\n

\n About Royal Philips<\/strong>
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Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a leading health technology company focused on improving people’s health and well-being, and enabling better outcomes across the health continuum \u2013 from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis, treatment and home care. Philips leverages advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights to deliver integrated solutions. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company is a leader in diagnostic imaging, image-guided therapy, patient monitoring and health informatics, as well as in consumer health and home care. Philips generated 2020 sales of EUR 17.3billion and employs approximately 77,000 employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries. News about Philips can be found at www.philips.com\/newscenter<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n About Akumin<\/strong>
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\n Akumin<\/a> is a leading provider of outpatient diagnostic imaging services in the United States, with freestanding centers located in Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois and Kansas. Our centers provide physicians with imaging capabilities to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders, thereby reducing the need for unnecessary invasive procedures and contributing to lower costs and better outcomes for patients. Our imaging procedures include magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerized tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), ultrasound, X-ray, mammography and other diagnostic or interventional radiology procedures.<\/p>\n

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