Carestream Health fills U.S. orders for new CR systems

Carestream Health has signed contracts for its Kodak Directview Classic and Elite CR systems with 12 U.S. healthcare facilities.

The following healthcare providers are among those that have placed orders for Carestream’s CRs: Axminster Medical in Hawthorne, Calif.; Hermann Hospital in Hermann, Mo.; Healthcare Midwest in Kalamazoo, Mich.; Inter-Community Memorial Hospital in Newfane, N.Y.; Iowa Health Des Moines IMMC/BCH Campus in Des Moines, Iowa; Kaiser Permanente in Honolulu; Lifetime Health in Rochester, N.Y.; Lockport Imaging Center in Lockport, N.Y.; Lockport Memorial Hospital in Lockport, N.Y.; Swedish American Hospital in Rockford, Ill.; Tower Imaging in Alabaster, Ala.; and Washington County Hospital in Washington, Ill.

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