The large healthcare system includes five hospitals and four outpatient imaging locations. The purchase of the DRX systems is part of the healthcare system’s commitment to move from CR to DR technology.
This acquisition enables Carestream to expand its customer base by leveraging the expertise Genesis has in serving U.S. dealers that primarily call on the value tier market and specialty medical practices.
Carestream’s new lesion management tools (see video demo) are designed to enhance assessment of oncology patients by providing semi-automatic tracking and segmentation of lesions from modalities and other vendors’ PACS systems.
Carestream’s Web-based cardiology PACS offers review of echocardiography, cardiac cath and nuclear cardiology exams from any on-site or remote workstation or on Web-enabled devices such as the iPad.
In addition, a Carestream healthcare IT expert will present at RSNA’s Mobile Connect, a new offering where technology experts will be on hand to help physicians get the most out of their mobile device.
MD Buyline of Dallas, Texas, ensures that hospitals and health systems optimize the clinical and financial impact of their medical technology decisions.
Carestream Health has won a European PACS tender for the prestigious University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG), one of the largest hospitals in The Netherlands.
These systems make it possible for small to mid-size hospitals, clinics and practices to achieve the convenience and flexibility of digital images at an affordable price.
The hospital also extended its relationship with Carestream by upgrading its existing Carestream Vue RIS and Carestream Vue PACS and establishing a common Vue Archive for cardiology and radiology images.
The new contract, includes the following wireless, cassette-size systems: DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray System, CARESTREAM DRX-1 System, CARESTREAM DRX-Mobile Retrofit Kit, CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution DR Suite, and CARESTREAM DRX-Ascend System.