PACS provider American Medical Sales, Inc. has taken orders for another 31 PACS sites from its distributor network from September 1st through early November of 2008. These included Axminister Medical (Los Angeles, CA), Newsouth Neurospine (Flowood, MS), Line-Becton Community College (Albany OR), Dr. Mark Thompson (Meridianville, AL), Dr. Clark (Houston, TX), Dr. Sanatorio Qunitar (Argentina), Cory Hunt (Newberry SC), Ozark Imaging Center (Fayetteville, AR), Wallace Community College (Dothan, AL), Central Michigan Orthopedics (Mt. Pleasant, MI), Med Express (Boca Rotan, FL), American Family Care (Birmingham, AL), The Clinic PC (Toxey, AL), O'Sullivan Imaging (Victoria, TX), Adult Medicine of Marietta (Marietta, GA), Rudder Chiropractic Clinic (Winchester, TN), Allied Health of Wisconsin (Medford, WI), McMillian Animal Clinic (Flowood, MS), Canada College (Redwood City, CA), Dr. Casillas (San Antonio, TX), Pasteur Medical Associates (San Antonio, TX), Spinal Corrective Care (Trussville, AL), Gulf Coast Community College (Panama City, FL), Kelly Animal Hospital (Circle Pines, MN), Hu Hu Kane (Sacaton, AZ), Premier Orthopedic & Sports Medicine (Hattiesburg, MS), Amite County Medical (Liberty, MS), Palmetto Family Medicine (Columbia, SC), Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL), Little Rock Diagnostic (Little Rock, AR), Diagnostic Lab & Radiology (Burbank, CA).

"We are particularly pleased to see another major export order in this group. We have been working on developing our international customer base and we are beginning to see results," noted Greg Perry, Vice President of Sales. "At last week's Medica show in Germany, we took additional orders and continued discussions with two dozen potential new dealers."

The orders listed above consisted of products from both AMS' MIDAS line of mid-sized PACS solutions and its PACS-in-a-BOX products designed for private practices and imaging centers. In addition, a number of end-users are upgrading to include some of AMS' advanced imaging tools, such as the OsteoGram bone density testing software and TraumaCad orthopedic templating software.

"We are grateful to our wide network of distributors who have seen the value of working with a PACS provider dedicated to local sales and support. Their mid and smaller sized customers depend on the local distributor for day-to-day support, and our all-in-one products provide them with a cost-effective solution," stated Daniel Giesberg, President of American Medical Sales, Inc.

About AMS and Catella PACS

American Medical Sales, Inc. celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2004. Originally a leader in film-based display systems, AMS introduced its Catella line of PACS solutions in 1998. Its "voice activated" technology broke new ground in the PACS application. Components offered include diagnostic, review, and web-based workstations, archives up to 95TB including automatic back-up protection, Walk-Away™ digitizers, CD recorders and printers and specialty router and gateway systems. AMS works with local distributors to provide solutions to a wide range of users.