Digisonics nets new installs

Digisonics, an image management and reporting systems provider, has received orders from four U.S. healthcare providers.

Eastside Maternal Fetal Medicine in Bellevue, Wash., and Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora, Ill., have both expanded their OB-Windows network by adding new workstations.

Perceptive Informatics in Waltham, Mass., has added new DigiView Image Management & Reporting workstations for their facility.

Duke University in Durham, N.C., will be upgrading to Digisonics DigiNet Pro system, which is a web-based cardiovascular image and information system that will enable remote reading of cardiovascular studies.

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