Carestream Health Successes and Attributes

Carestream Health's many attributes and success stories include:

• Having its products and services present in a multitude of hospitals worldwide.
• Owning more than 1,000 patents for medical and dental imaging and information technology.
• Offering a portfolio of solutions that is among the best in the world. This portfolio includes CARESTREAM radiology solutions and information management solutions (RIS-PACS, IMS); CR and DR; CAD (computer aided detection); molecular imaging systems; medical and dental film; laser imagers; services; mammography and oncology solutions; and a range of digital and traditional film-based dental imaging products and dental practice management solutions.
• Being the largest manufacturer of dental digital radiography systems in the world, and we are a world leader in dental practice management systems.
• Sustaining its No. 1 market position in all categories of film—digital output, radiology, mammography and dental.
• Earning an installed base of more than 20,000 molecular imaging systems, and being the only provider of multi-modal molecular systems that combine optical and digital x-ray imaging capabilities.
• Implementing a massive contract with National Services Scotland, highlighted by a centralized medical information management solution and RIS-PACS capabilities at 39 hospitals, with additional linkage to 67 satellite x-ray centers.
• Establishing 20 “Center of Excellence” sites featuring leading hospitals around the world that are collaborating with the company to develop the next generation of digital imaging and healthcare IT solutions.
• Providing computed radiography systems, laser printers and professional services for a project between Italy and Albania for the development of breast and uterus cancer screening programs for women.
• Working with China’s Ministry of Health to establish a digital network for sharing medical images and information with specialists in urban centers. Carestream Health’s IT systems and services will help improve the speed, quality and cost of rural healthcare in China—and will serve as a working model for other countries to adopt.
• Selling more than 50,000 digital laser printers for use in healthcare settings since the inception of this product family a few years ago.
• Signing contracts with mammography providers across the globe for RIS/PACS mammography solutions, CR-based mammography systems and the latest computer-aided detection systems.