InSight Health to provide MRI services to four L.A. medical centers

InSight Health Services has entered into a long-term agreement with the county of Los Angeles to provide MRI services at four county-owned academic medical centers.

The medical centers are: Harbor-UCLA, Martin Luther King, Jr./Drew Medical Center, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center and Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, according to the Lake Forest, Calif.-based company.

Kip Hallman, InSight’s president and CEO said the company will be installing MRI equipment at all four hospitals, including GE's 3.0 Tesla MR 750 system at Harbor UCLA.

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