Agfa inks multi-year distributor deal with HealthTrust

Agfa HealthCare has been awarded a new three-year, multi-source contract by HealthTrust Purchasing Group (HPG), covering its line of CR hardware, software, accessories and service maintenance agreements.

Via the terms of the contract, Agfa will provide its CR 85-X multi-plate system; its two single-plate systems, CR 35-X and the CR 30-X, as well as the needle detector-based CR system, DX-S to HPG’s 1,400 not-for-profit and for-profit acute-care hospitals, 120 alternate-care sites, and 3,600 physician practices in the U.S., said the Mortsel, Belgium-based company.

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