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Twenty-one military hospitals and clinics to share data using first virtual server in a European DOD environment

Stamford, CT – September 29, 2009 - FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA is pleased to announce the first deployment of the company’s Synapse™ PACS® at an American military medical environment in Europe. The European Regional Medical Command (ERMC) has selected Fujifilm’s Synapse PACS to replace its legacy PACS system, providing a fully integrated, Web-based solution.

Synapse PACS will provide the EMRC with:

• Enhanced communication between ERMC’s hospital and clinics.
• A fully virtualized environment – the first for a Department of Defense (DOD) health center in Europe.
• Optimized workflow through the use of Fujifilm’s CommonView and MultiView technologies. Patient images will be viewed anywhere within the ERMC network, Air Force and Navy sites in Europe and abroad.
• The stringent security capabilities needed in a military environment.

About the European Regional Medical Command:

• Landstuhl Regional Medical Center provides care to American soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Twenty ERMC satellite clinics also practice throughout Germany, Belgium and Italy. These clinics include the NATO Army Health Clinic in Brussels, Belgium.
• In addition to Synapse PACS, the facilities rely on Fuji CR for their digital x-ray needs, using systems including Fujifilm’s Smart CR and XG5000.

About FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA, Inc.
FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA, Inc. is one of the FUJIFILM Corporation family of companies with 70 years of imaging experience and more than $28 billion in sales. Its extensive portfolio includes diagnostic imaging products and informatics solutions to meet the needs of healthcare facilities in both outpatient and hospital settings. The Synapse brand of integrated products includes Synapse™ PACS®, Synapse™ RIS®, Synapse™ cardiovascular® and Synapse™ women’s imaging®; it provides a complete Web-based solution for managing, storing and distributing images and information throughout all healthcare facilities. Additionally, Synapse™ managed services® offers fault-tolerant solutions including PACS and RIS hosting, and disaster recovery. FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA is headquartered in Stamford, CT.