Carestream wins new CR, DR orders

Carestream Health has received several orders for its digital medical imaging solutions that include mobile, tabletop and CR systems, as well as DR systems.

Recent orders for Carestream’s CR and DR solutions include: Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Houston; Denver Health Medical Center; Healthcare Partners in Los Angeles; Wewoka Indian Clinic in Wewoka, Okla; Henry Ford Hospital’s West Bloomfield Outpatient Imaging Center in Bloomfield, Mich., ordered an Elite CR, CR 975 and Kodak Directview long-length imaging system; Effingham County Hospital in Springfield, Ga.; Chickasaw Nation Health Services System in Ada, Okla.

ALKO Enterprises, an authorized Carestream distributor, placed several of the orders.

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