Agfa lands multi-install contract in Brazil

Diagnostic imaging and Healthcare IT solutions provider Agfa healthcare has signed an agreement with the Sao Paolo, Brazil-based Fundação Instituto de Pesquisa e Estudo de Diagnóstico por Imagen (FIDI) for the delivery and installation of its solutions across the facility's 25 sites.

Via the terms of the contract, Agfa’s CR systems, PACS, RIS, management and distribution of images and information solution, IMPAX and an imaging repository solution will be installed, said the Mortsel, Belgium-based company.


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