Agfa nets Premier film, medical imagers deal

TriMed Staff | | Health Imaging | Practice Management

Premier Purchasing Partners has awarded Agfa HealthCare a contract to provide film and medical imagers to its 2,000 member hospitals and its 53,000 alternate healthcare sites in the United States, effective Sept. 1.

Agfa said its entire line of diagnostic film, media and imagers is included in the Premier contract, including its newest imager, the Drystar Axystm, as well as the company’s entire family of imagers such as the Drystar 5503, Drystar 5300 and Drystar 5302.  The Drystar Axys and Drystar 5503 have mammography printing capabilities.

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