AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - Dutch IT giant Royal Philips Electronics announced today that it will acquire a vendor of next generation radiology information systems.

The acquisition of El Paso, Texas-based XIMIS, Inc. will increase Philips Medical Systems' healthcare imaging offerings, Philips said in a press release. XIMIS will be incorporated into Philips' Healthcare Informatics division. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

XIMIS' RIS solution, XIRIS, will be added to Philips' healthcare imaging suite, which features the iSite picture archiving and communication system. The XIRIS system is designed to manage patient registration, scheduling, exam tracking, resource management and the generation of reports, Philips said.

"Philips is strongly committed to the support of its current customer base and will work with them to take advantage of an integrated RIS-PACS solution," said Oran Murduroglu, chief executive officer of Philips Medical Systems' Healthcare Informatics business group.

"The RIS-PACS solution of the iSite and XIRIS will be amongst the strongest on the market today and will offer a powerful solution to clinics, doctors and to the patient," said Katitza Gerdau, founder and CEO of XIMIS.

XIMIS has healthcare customers across Europe and the Americas, ranging from community hospitals to multi-facility health systems. The acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter of 2007.

Philips officially unveiled its iSite PACS system last March at the European Congress of Radiology in Vienna, Austria. The system has been installed at healthcare facilities in ranging from Scandinavia to South Africa.