Calgary Scientific Inc has landed a major contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. This contract award means that Calgary Scientific Inc’s ResolutionMD viewer which allows doctors to make diagnoses on the go will ultimately be made available to health-care professionals across the Veterans Affairs network. ResolutionMD viewer permits doctors to use tablets or smartphones to diagnose medical images.

The Department of Veterans Affairs operates 1, 700 clinics and hospitals across the U.S, making it America’s largest integrated health-care system.

Pierre Lemire, President of Calgary Scientific said that this is the largest contract award in their company’s history, though the terms of the agreement prevented them from divulging the exact amount.

Agilex based in Virginia, is partnering with Calgary Scientific on the project. Agilex provides information technology solutions to the health care, national security and public sectors in the United States.

Agilex’s health-care division’s president, Larry Albert said that Veterans Affairs is embracing mobility faster than any other federal agency.

According to Albert, they are basically taking the point of care so much closer to the patients. The clinicians aren’t required to get back to their desktops to get the information they need for the treatment. He further added that Calgary Scientific has a truly superior offering which ties in nicely into the mission of the Veterans Affairs.

Calgary Scientific Inc was founded in 2004 and its initial focus was a web-based medical imaging viewer. However, the company immediately adapted itself to the smartphone revolution.

By using ResolutionMD on a mobile device, doctors and clinicians can get access to high-resolution patient images like those produced by a CT scan – as soon as they have been taken.

This latest technology means that the doctors can make critical diagnoses anywhere even if they are not physically present in the hospital.

Patient information is secure because the ResolutionMD system only sends “snapshots” of medical images to a mobile device and the patient data is kept in a central server inside the hospital and is never stored on the device.

In April 2014, Calgary Scientific opened an office in Hong Kong, a move that coincided with the company obtaining regulatory approval in China for the diagnostic use of their product.

According to Lemire, the company is thrilled about the potential for growth in the huge Chinese market. He said that in China, the Chinese government has made health care a priority and they have allocated significant funds for the sector.

Next week, Calgary Scientific will reveal its newest version of ResolutionMD and it also plans to continue to put its efforts to get a foothold in emerging markets.

Calgary Scientific’s product line is now available in 12 languages and the company is pursuing regulatory clearance in Korea and Japan. Lemire said that as they move forward, the company has a plan for expansion in many other parts of the world.