Ambra Health
{{short description|American software company}}
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| name = Ambra Health
| logo = Ambra-Health-logo.png
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| industry = Healthcare
Health information technology
Life Sciences
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| founded = 2004
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| hq_location_city = New York, NY
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| key_people = Morris Panner (CEO)
Geoff Crawshaw (CTO)
| products = Medical Image Sharing
Vendor Neutral Archive
Picture & Archiving Communications System
DICOM Viewer
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| website = {{URL|ambrahealth.com}}
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Ambra Health (formerly DICOM Grid), is a software company that provides solutions{{buzzword inline|date=November 2020}} for medical image sharing of DICOM and non-DICOM data{{Cite news|url=http://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/startups/icliniq-ties-up-with-digital-medical-image-management-firm-dicom-grid/52982301|title=iCliniq ties up with digital medical image management firm Dicom Grid - ETtech|last=www.ETtech.com|newspaper=The Economic Times|language=en|access-date=2017-07-17}} between patients, physicians, and hospitals.{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/benkepes/2014/07/17/cloud-slowly-moves-towards-mainstream-medical-applications-dicom-grid-gets-mayo-clinic-funding/#4c5225c44b00|title=Cloud Slowly Moves Towards Mainstream Medical Applications -- DICOM Grid Gets Mayo Clinic Funding|last=Kepes|first=Ben|work=Forbes|access-date=2017-07-17}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-small-business/wp/2015/08/07/at-this-tech-event-big-companies-get-a-taste-of-life-as-a-start-up/|title=At this tech event, big companies get a taste of life as a start-up|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2017-07-17}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/telemedicine-startup-icliniq-to-raise-funds-for-technology-development/article8949355.ece|title=Telemedicine start-up iCliniq to raise funds for technology development|last=Revathy|first=L N|date=2016-08-05|work=The Hindu Business Line|access-date=2017-07-17|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.itnonline.com/content/memorial-hermann-employs-new-radiology-image-management-sharing-platform|title=Memorial Hermann Employs New Radiology Image Management, Sharing Platform|date=2011-06-21|work=Imaging Technology News|access-date=2017-07-17|language=en}}
History
The company was founded as DICOM Grid, Inc. in 2004 to make digital medical imaging on a cloud based platform.{{Cite journal|date=2008-12-08|title=DiCOM grid Taps Michael Wall as CEO.|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-190208848.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118182819/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-190208848.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-11-18}}{{Cite journal|date=2010-12-02|title=Dicom Grid Unveils Cloud Computing Solution for Medical Imaging Management.|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-243326140.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118072754/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-243326140.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-11-18}} DICOM Grid launched their cloud based platform as DG Suite, that allows to store diagnostic imaging and health data in its platform that can be accessed and shared by the healthcare providers and patients.{{Cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/health/with-icliniq-consulting-international-doctors-is-just-a-click-away/430693/|title=With iCliniq, consulting international doctors is just a click away|date=2016-10-26|work=The Financial Express|access-date=2017-07-17|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.datacenterjournal.com/five-health-care-trends-to-watch-for-in-2016/|title=Five Health-Care Trends to Watch For in 2016|work=The Data Center Journal|access-date=2017-07-17|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2014/10/07/guest-opinion-aaron-levie-changing-health-care/16859287/|title=Commentary: Health care's innovator's dilemma|work=USA TODAY|access-date=2017-07-17|language=en}}{{Cite journal|date=2013-11-18|title=Morris Panner Uses Lessons from Cloud Computing to Help Medical Imaging Business (Posted 2013-11-18 14:13:40); Entrepreneur Takes Lessons He Learns from Son's Medical Problem and Reboots a Key Health Business|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-35386807.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119225906/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-35386807.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-11-19}} The platform was later approved under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).{{Cite web|url=https://www.athenahealth.com/healthcare-technology-partners/ris-pacs/ambra-health|title=Ambra Health {{!}} Marketplace {{!}} athenahealth|website=Athena Health|access-date=2017-07-17}}{{Cite journal|date=2011-09-24|title=Dicom Grid Named to VentureWire's FasTech 50.|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-267926902.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118073840/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-267926902.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-11-18}} It received best in KLAS awards continuously from 2014 to 2017{{Cite news|url=http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/epic-tops-2017-best-klas-awards-securing-top-spot-7th-straight-year-see-complete-winners|title=Epic tops 2017 Best in KLAS awards, securing top spot for 7th straight year; see complete winners|date=2017-01-31|work=Healthcare IT News|access-date=2017-07-17|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/dicom-named-best-medical-image-exchange-platform-by-klas.html|title=DICOM named best medical image exchange platform by KLAS|last=Jayanthi|first=Akanksha|website=www.beckershospitalreview.com|date=16 February 2016 |language=en-gb|access-date=2017-07-17}} and also received 2016 SIIA CODiE award.{{Cite web|url=http://www.siia.net/codie/About-the-Awards/Past-Winners/2016-Winners|title=2016 Winners|website=www.siia.net|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-17}}
In September 2016, the company re-branded itself to Ambra Health a DBA of DICOM Grid, Inc.{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.in/What-this-CEO-does-every-day-will-make-you-want-to-pick-up-the-phone-and-call-your-mom/articleshow/51202400.cms|title=What this CEO does every day will make you want to pick up the phone and call your mom|work=Business Insider|access-date=2017-07-17}}{{Cite web|url=http://hitconsultant.net/2016/09/14/dicom-grid-rebrands-as-ambra-health/|title=DICOM Grid Rebrands as Ambra Health, Raises $6M for Medical Imaging Cloud|last=|date=2016-09-14|access-date=2017-07-17}} As of 2017, the company claims to have 750 healthcare providers using its platform.
Products and Services
- DICOM and non-DICOM image viewer
- Medical Image Sharing
- Image routing
- Vendor Neutral Archive
- Cloud computing based Picture & Archiving Communications System
Funding
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- March 2010- $11.88 million{{Cite journal|date=2010-11-05|title=Financings Roundup: Exact Hopes to Raise $56M through Sale of Shares|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-241488563.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118072556/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-241488563.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-11-18}}
- Nov, 2010- $7.5 million
- May, 2012- $5 million
- July, 2014- $6 million{{Cite news|url=http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/dicom-grid-gets-6m-mayo-others|title=DICOM Grid gets $6M from Mayo, others|date=2014-07-18|work=Healthcare IT News|access-date=2017-07-17|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/07/17/dicom-grid-raises-6m-for-digital-medical-imaging-platform/|title=DICOM Grid raises $6M for digital medical imaging platform|date=2014-07-17|website=VentureBeat|access-date=2017-07-17}}
- Nov, 2015- $3 million
- March, 2016- $6 million
- September, 2016- $6 million{{Cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2016/09/14/term-sheet-wednesday-september-14/|title=Term Sheet — Wednesday, September 14|last=Primack|first=Dan|website=Fortune|access-date=2017-07-17}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.radiologybusiness.com/topics/technology-management/6-million-funding-dicom-grid-becomes-ambra-health|title=With $6 million in funding, DICOM Grid becomes Ambra Health|work=Radiology Business|access-date=2017-07-17}}
Partnerships
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- Athenahealth
- drchrono
- Modernizing Medicine
- Radiological Society of North America
- RSNA Image Share
- [http://www.commonwellhealthalliance.org CommonWell Health Alliance]