USA Today Supplement Featuring Konica Minolta Focuses on Impact of Healthcare IT

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Dec 19, 2014, 11:55 ET

WAYNE, N.J., Dec. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- In the Friday, December 19 edition of USA Today, a 16-page supplement dedicated to Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) features Konica Minolta, the company announced today. The supplement will focus on innovation in Healthcare IT in partnership with several leading healthcare organizations.

Konica Minolta Medical Imaging Logo

In addition to the print section that will be distributed across several major metropolitan markets, such as New York, Chicago, Washington DC/Baltimore, Minneapolis and San Francisco, a corresponding digital version will be available. Also, the section will be distributed at the 2015 Healthcare Informatics and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual meeting in April.

"Konica Minolta Medical Imaging is proud to support the efforts of USA Today to educate and inform the public, patients, physicians and the healthcare industry on the changes that are occurring as a result of innovations in Healthcare IT," says David Widmann, President and COO, Konica Minolta Medical Imaging. "Healthcare IT is a key focus for our Primary Imaging Solutions business, and we believe it will be a driver in a changing healthcare landscape that can improve clinical outcomes, reduce costs and aggregate data to help propel evidence based medicine."

About Konica Minolta Medical Imaging

Konica Minolta Medical Imaging is a world class provider and market leader in medical diagnostic primary imaging. With over 75 years of endless innovation, Konica Minolta is globally recognized as a leader providing cutting-edge technologies and comprehensive support aimed at providing real solutions to meet customer's needs. Konica Minolta Medical Imaging, headquartered in Wayne, NJ, is a unit of Konica Minolta, Inc. (TSE: 4902). For more information on Konica Minolta Primary Imaging Solutions, please visit www.konicaminolta.com/medicalusa.

Company name	KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Headquarters	JP TOWER, 2-7-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Founded	December 1936
FY 2013 Revenue	$9.4 Billion
Number of employees	Approx. 40,400 (2013)
Business Lines	The Konica Minolta Group operates in sectors ranging from business technologies, where our products are typified by MFPs (multi-functional peripherals), and Industrial Business (former Optics Business), where our products include pickup lenses for optical disks, and TAC film, a key material used in LCD panels, to healthcare, where we make digital X-ray diagnostic imaging systems.