Carestream nets multiple orders for N.Y. outpatient provider

Crystal Run Healthcare will implement new digital systems for scheduling and capturing patient x-rays exams, as well as a central archive for managing medical images and related information, from Carestream Health.

Carestream will install its Carestream PACS and Carestream RIS for enterprise-wide radiology scheduling and management of images and data, along with two Kodak Directview DR 7500 Systems and a Kodak Directview CR 975 system, according to the Middletown, N.Y.-based Crystal Run.

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