ROCHESTER, N.Y., December 7 -- Eastman Kodak Company has announced that Consorta, Inc. has awarded the company a three-year contract for mammography computer-aided detection (CAD) systems.

Consorta, a leading healthcare resource management and group purchasing organization, will make the system available to its membership, which is comprised of faith-based and non-profit health systems across the country. Through the three-year agreement, effective October 1, 2005, Kodak will make available its KODAK Mammography CAD System to more than 500 acute and 300 extended care facilities nationwide.

Kodak's CAD system uses sophisticated algorithms to help identify suspicious areas on patients' digitized mammograms. KODAK CAD software was engineered for ease of use and the system is small enough to easily fit in most healthcare facilities. Kodak's mammography CAD system can help provide better patient care with fewer missed cancers and earlier cancer detection, backed by Kodak's services and support infrastructure.
This is Kodak's third contract with Consorta. The company also has a contract with Consorta for computed radiography (CR) and digital radiography (DR) image capture systems, radiology and mammography medical films, and for laser imaging systems.

About Consorta

Consorta, Inc., based in suburban Chicago, is a leading healthcare resource management and group purchasing organization, whose shareholders are faith-based or non-profit health systems. Consorta shareholders are among the leading integrators of non-profit health care in America, sponsoring significant care providers in many parts of the country. Consorta's membership now encompasses more than 2,400 care sites, representing 78,000 patient care beds. For more information visit www.consorta.com.

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