Pa. hospital taps Carestream for PACS + RIS

St. Clair Hospital in Mt. Lebanon, Penn., has purchased Carestream’s cardiology PACS, and upgraded its existing Carestream Vue RIS and Carestream Vue PACS.

The hospital also established a common Vue Archive for cardiology and radiology images, according to Rochester, N.Y.-based Carestream.

Vue for Cardiology is a web-based cardiology PACS allowing review of echocardiography, cardiac cath, ECG, and nuclear cardiology exams from any local or remote workstation.

Evan Godt
Evan Godt, Writer

Evan joined TriMed in 2011, writing primarily for Health Imaging. Prior to diving into medical journalism, Evan worked for the Nine Network of Public Media in St. Louis. He also has worked in public relations and education. Evan studied journalism at the University of Missouri, with an emphasis on broadcast media.

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