Carestream completes 11th CR system deployment in London hospitals for HCA

Carestream Health has installed CR systems into London’s private healthcare provider HCA at Wellington Diagnostics and Outpatient Center, which included the Rochester, N.Y.-based firm’s Kodak Directview CR systems for digital capture and PACS integration.

HCA manages six acute hospital sites in central London: Princess Grace, Portland Hospital for Women and Children, Harley Street Clinic, Wellington Hospital, Lister Hospital and London Bridge Hospital and four outpatient diagnostic centers, which perform 180,000 annual exams across all sites.

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