Swissray to supply DR systems to Florida health system

Swissray International has been awarded a three-year, dual-source contract to supply its digital radiography (DR) systems to the Adventist Health System.

Swissray’s DR systems include fully automated, remote controlled system positioning with an automated positioning system.

Adventist Health System of Winter Park, Fla., has 37 hospitals totaling more than 6,000 licensed beds, caring for nearly four million patients each year in inpatient, outpatient and emergency room visits, and employing almost 43,000 members of their communities in full and part-time positions.

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