N.Y. hospital taps Carestream for mobile DR

Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center has installed two Carestream DRX-Revolution mobile x-ray systems.

One DRX-Revolution images emergency room patients and the other system is used for intensive care unit patients and inpatients throughout the hospital, according to a press release from Rochester, N.Y.-based Carestream.

The systems include Carestream’s tube and line visualization software that verifies placement of tubes and peripherally inserted central catheter lines.

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