Carestream scores seven U.S. RIS/PACS deals

Carestream Health has added new contracts for RIS/PACS installations at seven U.S. facilities.

According to the Rochester, N.Y.-based company, Delta Radiology of Lodi, Calif. purchased a RIS/PACS; Claremore Regional Hospital of Claremore, Okla., Deaconess Hospital of Oklahoma City, Estes Park Medical Center of Estes Park, Colo. and Mendocino Coast District Hospital of Fort Bragg, Calif., ordered a PACS; and Tift Regional Medical Center of Tifton, Ga., and Diagnostic Outpatient Imaging of El Paso, Texas installed a RIS.

 

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