Massachusetts hospital goes digital with Quantum

Quantum Medical Imaging of Ronkonkoma, N.Y., has completed the installation of their dual-panel Digital System Upgrade at Tobey Hospital’s existing Quantum Medical Q-Rad radiographic room, which the hospital purchased about a year ago.

Tobey Hospital in Wareham, Mass., is part of the Southcoast Health System, which serves more than 719,000 people in 33 communities throughout southeastern Massachusetts and eastern Rhode Island.

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