Channel Partnership for Orchard Software & Fisher HealthCare
Orchard Software signs an exclusive agreement with Fisher HealthCare as channel partner!
Monday, November 30, 2009. Carmel, IN
“In an effort to enhance the distribution and sales of Orchard’s laboratory information systems to new prospective customers, Orchard has aligned itself with Fisher HealthCare. In conjunction with Orchard’s sales staff, our new channel partner will increase sales opportunities for new Orchard systems by providing hundreds of Fisher HealthCare representatives with the opportunity to talk to their laboratory clients about an Orchard lab system,” says Curt Johnson, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Orchard Software. With the changes in reimbursements surrounding anatomic pathology procedures, more hospital and independent laboratories are interested in adding anatomic pathology testing. Also, many labs are adding or developing specialized molecular tests further blurring the lines between clinical and AP testing. Johnson continues, “Orchard Pathology is a complete diagnostic information system equipped to meet the complex workflow and reporting of clinical, molecular, and pathology testing. Along with the growth in pathology and molecular, labs doing outreach reference work are looking for systems to help them electronically integrate with their lab customers’ Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems. In order to stay competitive, integration with their customers’ EMRs is essential. Orchard® Copia® provides both web-based access and EMR integration for remote order entry and results reporting and delivery.” Mark Smits, Vice President of Marketing, Sourcing and Business Development for the Fisher HealthCare business, states, “This agreement strategically aligns Orchard products with other products being offered by Fisher HealthCare. Fisher HealthCare offers many Thermo Scientific Anatomical Pathology processing systems, including labelers, etchers, slide readers, and stainers. With Orchard, we can offer our lab customers a more complete and comprehensive package.” Fisher HealthCare is part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science. |
Orchard Software and Fisher HealthCare announced an exclusive agreement to offer and sell Orchard laboratory information systems, including the Orchard® Pathology diagnostic information system, to hospitals and independent reference laboratories.About Orchard Software
Orchard Software Corporation (Carmel, IN) was founded in 1993. Orchard laboratory information systems are installed in hundreds of laboratories across the United States—including all sizes of multi-site and multi-specialty provider groups and clinics, hospitals, independent reference labs, student health centers, and public health organizations. Orchard offers a Microbiology module and Orchard® Pathology to eliminate paper and electronically integrate these departments with the rest of the laboratory via a single, shared database. For laboratory outreach, Orchard’s outreach systems, Orchard® Harvest™ Webstation and Orchard® Copia®, provide easy web-based access and EMR integration to client providers for remote order entry and results delivery
For further information regarding Orchard Software or Orchard’s lab systems, visit www.orchardsoft.com, or please contact Kerry Foster at (800) 856-1948 or via email at kfoster@orchardsoft.com
About Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With 2008 revenues of $10.5 billion, we employ approximately 34,000 people and serve over 350,000 customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as well as environmental and industrial process control settings. Serving customers through two premier brands, Thermo Scientific and Fisher Scientific, we help solve analytical challenges from routine testing to complex research and discovery. Thermo Scientific offers customers a complete range of high-end analytical instruments as well as laboratory equipment, software, services, consumables and reagents to enable integrated laboratory workflow solutions. Fisher Scientific provides a complete portfolio of laboratory equipment, chemicals, supplies and services used in healthcare, scientific research, safety and education. Together, we offer the most convenient purchasing options to customers and continuously advance our technologies to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, enhance value for customers and fuel growth for shareholders and employees alike. Visit www.thermofisher.com.
Fisher HealthCare serves the nation’s clinical diagnostic-testing needs in hospitals, reference laboratories and physicians’ offices by providing products and business solutions for all laboratory disciplines: anatomical pathology, blood bank, blood gas, clinical chemistry, coagulation, hematology, histology, immunology, microbiology, molecular diagnostics, phlebotomy, urinalysis, supplies, equipment, safety and chemicals.
For further information regarding Fisher HealthCare, visit www.thermofisher.com or please contact Robert Kovar at (281) 878-2656 or via email at robert.kovar@thermofisher.com.