Ten-year agreement will deliver updated RIS/PACS

Carestream staff pictured with members of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust team: Carestream sales specialist Andrew Robson, applications specialist Neil Lewis, trust radiology services manager Graeme Hughes, Carestream key account manager Jonathan Atkinson, trust divisional manager Gordon Kirkup, Carestream Health UK managing director Charles McCaffrey, trust consultant radiologist and clinical director Dr Ralph Jackson, consultant radiologist Dr Matt Scott and Carestream sales manager Jason Barron.

Carestream has signed a ten-year deal with Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to supply a replacement RIS/PACS to include Vue RIS, Vue PACS, Vue Motion, Vue Reporting and Vue Beyond, together with Power Viewer, lesion management and cardio PACS.

The large acute trust has close associations with Newcastle University and provides services over a number of sites including the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle General and many smaller hospital sites.  In total, it performs 550,000 radiology examinations each year, including breast screening.

See the full report on page 15 of the September 2015 issue of RAD Magazine.