Carestream Health Announces Worldwide Orders For Its Healthcare Information Management Systems.ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Carestream Health Carestream Health, formerly Eastman Kodak Company's Health Group, is an independent subsidiary of Onex Corporation, Toronto, Canada. , Inc. recently signed contracts for its KODAK CARESTREAM PACS (Picture ArChiving System) A storage and management system for high-resolution images. Typically pertaining to the medical field, images such as X-rays, MRIs and CAT scans require a greater amount of storage than other industries. and KODAK CARESTREAM RIS RIS rabies inhibiting substance. solutions with leading healthcare facilities across the world, including AUSL AUSL Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale (Italian: Hospital) Bologna (Bologna, Italy), Mater Health Services Mater Health Services is a public and private collocated health care provider located in Brisbane, Australia. Mater Health Services provides care for some 500,000 patients each year. The Mater was established in 1906 by the Sisters of Mercy. (Queensland, Australia) and Ichinomiya Municipal Hospital (Ichinomiya, Japan). Some facilities also purchased KODAK CARESTREAM Information Management Solutions for enterprise-wide management of images and data, digital radiography digital radiography Imaging A format for producing x-rays in which film used to produce conventional x-ray images is replaced with more sensitive sensitive electronics; DXRs produce images with1⁄2 (DR) and computed radiography radiography: see X ray. (CR) systems for digital capture of medical x-ray exams or Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. for network design, systems integration, data migration and other services. The following healthcare providers are among those that have placed orders for Carestream Health's medical imaging and information management solutions: AUSL Bologna (Bologna, Italy) ordered CARESTREAM PACS for 14 locations and CARESTREAM Information Management Solutions to deliver enterprise-wide business continuity in addition to data protection and disaster recovery. The healthcare system also ordered Professional Services to handle integration with other systems and data migration from legacy archives. Fisher-Titus Medical Center (Norwalk, Ohio Norwalk is a city in Huron County, Ohio, United States. The population was 16,238 at the 2000 census. The 2006 population estimate puts Norwalk at 16,576.[1] It is the county seat of Huron CountyGR6. ) ordered CARESTREAM Enterprise Information Management and Data Migration services. Ichinomiya Municipal Hospital (Ichinomiya, Japan) ordered KODAK CARESTREAM PACS and CARESTREAM RIS. Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli (Bologna, Italy) purchased a CARESTREAM PACS upgrade and Professional Services to integrate PACS with the facility's existing HIS/RIS and other related systems. Mater Health Services (Queensland, Australia) purchased CARESTREAM PACS with advanced 3D and mammography mammography, diagnostic procedure that uses low-dose X rays to detect abnormalities in the breasts. The early diagnosis of breast cancer made possible by the routine use of mammography for screening women increases a woman's treatment alternatives and improves her options as well as CARESTREAM Information Management Services to manage two data centers and provide business continuity. Medicity Oy (Helsinki, Finland) a group of private clinics, ordered CARESTREAM PACS, a KODAK DIRECTVIEW DR 9000 and two KODAK DIRECTVIEW CR 850 Systems for its three clinics. Saint Luc Bouge Hospital (Namur, Belgium) expanded the CARESTREAM PACS at its main hospital to serve an additional three polyclinics and manage three data repositories. Advanced native 3D, orthopaedic templating and mammography functionality are available from the PACS at all sites. Region Sealand (Ringsted, Denmark) purchased optional CARESTREAM RIS mammography software, which will be implemented in Ringsted for mobile screening units that service the entire region. University of Rochester Medical Center The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), located in Rochester, New York, is one of the main campuses of the University of Rochester and comprises the university's primary medical education, research and patient care facilities. (Rochester, N.Y.) ordered additional CARESTREAM PACS archive storage to perform replication for disaster recovery. Carestream Health, an independent company, has licensed the Kodak brand for use with its own brands--such as CARESTREAM, DIRECTVIEW and DRYVIEW--across its portfolio of leading-edge medical imaging and healthcare IT products. About Carestream Health, Inc. With revenues of more than $2.5 billion, Carestream Health, Inc. is a leading provider of medical and dental 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. The company emerged in 2007 when Onex Corporation of Toronto, Canada, purchased Eastman Kodak Company's Health Group. Headquartered in Rochester, N.Y., Carestream Health operates in more than 150 countries worldwide and owns more than 1,000 patents in digital imaging, film and imaging chemistry. For more information about Carestream Health, contact your Carestream Health representative or visit www.carestreamhealth.com. CARESTREAM, DIRECTVIEW and DRYVIEW are trademarks of Carestream Health, Inc. KODAK is a trademark of Kodak used under license. 2007 |
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