Agfa, Forcare partner for HIE interoperability

Agfa HealthCare has signed an agreement with Forcare, an interoperability software provider, that allows Agfa to market Forcare's software for health information exchange (HIE).

Under the agreement, Agfa customers will be able to share clinical data and support key clinical processes with healthcare institutions via Forcare's HIE software, according to Agfa HealthCare, based in Mortsel, Belgium.

The agreement also will enable Agfa HealthCare to include cross-enterprise document sharing (XDS) components in its IMPAX Data Center product, the company stated.