Aurora's MTS-Delft USA installs technology in Pennsylvania

MTS-Delft, the U.S. sales and service arm of Rogan-Delft, has successfully installed its PACS technology Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC) of Pennsylvania. The hospital's radiology department now boosts an 83 percent filmless rate.

With PACS, BRMC said it wanted to gain instant image access for radiologists, increase patient throughput for exam totals through CR and direct capture devices and allow any-referral doctor anywhere capability to access a patient's images. In addition, BRMC's processing chemical cost has dropped from a monthly average of $2,230 to under $300, saving approximately $3,100 over the last five months on the processor maintenance budget, MTS-Delft said.

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