DR Retrofit

HSL subsidises radiology retrofit systems to help improve quality of imaging

Hospital Services Limited (HSL) has launched a subsidy programme that will enable UK radiology departments to invest in retrofit systems at a discounted price. Distributor of medical and surgical equipment HSL has partnered with Shimadzu to offer DR retrofit systems for the discounted price of £25,000 until March. A limited number of retrofit systems, typically […]

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Calderdale completes sixth DR retrofit

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has upgraded another of its CR x-ray rooms with a Fujifilm Retrofit DR solution. The trust already has five of the retrofits, which transformed old analogue equipment to digital radiography, so when another room upgrade was needed the team at Calderdale Royal Hospital turned to Fujifilm. Service lead plain […]

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Musgrave Park installs long length detector for orthopaedics

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust’s orthopaedic service based at Musgrave Park Hospital provides a full range of elective orthopaedic procedures including joint replacement, spinal surgery and upper and lower limb surgery. The radiology department required a solution that would allow it to take single exposure long view images, improve efficiency and lower dose. “We […]

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Spire Hartswood chooses dual image processing to reduce waiting

Fujifilm applications specialist Diane Medley, Spire Hartswood imaging manager Magda Coetzee, senior radiographer Gurpreet Rooprai, imaging administrator Christine Bannister and Fujifilm senior account manager Iain Sims. Spire Hartswood Hospital in Essex has chosen a dual radiology image processing solution for its busy x-ray department that meets a number of specific needs.  “One of our main […]

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Southend University Hospital turns least efficient room into radiographer’s favourite

Fujifilm senior account manager Iain Sims, senior radiographers Byron Mapi-ot and Blessing Muchemeyi, plain film reporting superintendent radiographer Lee Shoesmith, radiographer Kuda Mazendame, senior radiographer Elida Barcelos, acting x-ray superintendent radiographer Elaine Ryan and radiographer Chiara Miselli. Southend University Hospital has transformed an analogue room, which was previously its radiographers’ least favourite, into their outpatient […]

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Barnsley Hospital’s forward-thinking is a smart investment

Fujifilm UK senior account manager John Casson, trainee assistant practitioner Mark Vallance, reporting radiographer Rob Johnson, medical imaging directorate manager Liz Elfleet, student radiographer Madina Yaftaly and radiographer Alex Lea. In 2016, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust underwent a substantial departmental overhaul that resulted in improved patient experience, workflow efficiencies, cost savings and higher staff […]

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DR retrofit allows affordable modernisation

Clinical radiology manager Stephen Ackers, clinical tutor Nicola Marlow, radiographer Niall Rowlands, senior radiographer Tom Leyland and Agfa HealthCare imaging business development manager Chris Heys. Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust has implemented Agfa HealthCare’s DR Retrofit direct radiography solutions at three of its sites. “As part of our radiology modernisation, Agfa’s DR Retrofit […]

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