Carestream secures DR order for Illinois hospital

Rochester-based Carestream Health, formerly Kodak, a provider of dental and medical imaging systems and healthcare IT solutions, announced Illinois Valley Community Hospital of Peru, Ill., placed an order for two of its digital radiography systems: a Kodak DirectView DR 3000 and a Kodak DirectView DR 7500 System.

The hospital also purchased the Kodak DirectView Capture Link System, which links DirectView CR and DR systems. The software delivers the ability to integrate CR images with DR studies and perform cassette processing and image review at any CR system.

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