ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 21 — Memorial Medical Center, Neillsville, Wis., is converting from radiographic film and paper to a digital imaging and information management solution from Carestream Health, Inc. This purchase includes CARESTREAM RIS/PACS and CARESTREAM Hosted Information Management, two KODAK DIRECTVIEW Classic CR Systems and a KODAK DRYVIEW 6800 Laser Imager. This solution will serve the hospital and its three outpatient clinics.
“Carestream Health provides a fully featured RIS/PACS solution that is both scalable and affordable for our environment. Our staff was extremely impressed with the ordering, scheduling and billing capabilities of the RIS, while radiologists and clinicians appreciated the advanced tools and ease of use offered by the CARESTREAM PACS,” said Paul Harmer, the hospital’s Director of Radiology. “We were also able to achieve our objective of working with a single provider for RIS/PACS.”
CARESTREAM RIS/PACS and Classic CR systems are designed to be easy to use to facilitate conversion from a film/paper environment. Once the system is implemented, existing paper and film processes will be replaced with an efficient electronic workflow. Physicians will order imaging exams online, patient scheduling will take place electronically, and the exams will be captured digitally and transmitted to PACS for reading and storage. The final radiology report will be available electronically to all authorized clinicians. Patient information and imaging exams will be transmitted to a Carestream Health data center for long-term storage and disaster recovery.
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About Carestream Health, Inc.
Carestream Health, Inc., is a leading provider of dental and medical imaging systems and healthcare IT solutions; molecular imaging systems for the life science research and drug discovery/development market segments; and x-ray film and digital x-ray products for the non-destructive testing market. Headquartered in Rochester, N.Y., and serving customers in more than 150 countries, Carestream Health is an independent company operating within the family of companies owned by Onex Corporation (TSX: OCX.TO) of Toronto, Canada. For more information about Carestream Health, contact your Carestream Health representative or visit www.carestreamhealth.com.
CARESTREAM is a trademark of Carestream Health, Inc.
KODAK is a trademark of Kodak used under license.
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