MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — February 23, 2016 — Frost & Sullivan has awarded Carestream Health its 2016 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation Leadership for innovation focused on value-based imaging that solves real-life problems and addresses unmet customer needs.

By empowering numerous new points-of-care and specialties with advanced, easy-to-use and cost effective imaging modalities, Carestream is expanding its value proposition well beyond the centralized imaging departments, through its best-of-breed imaging and informatics solutions, to areas such as orthopedics, intensive care, emergency department, intra-operative and bedside imaging.

The award focuses on all aspects of the company’s digital medical imaging portfolio which includes new fluoroscopy and ultrasound systems; new cone-beam CT technology; and a vendor neutral enterprise imaging Clinical Collaboration Platform.
“A result of Carestream’s commitment to innovation is its latest flagship digital radiography (DR) product, developed using proven, in-house detector technology,” said Frost & Sullivan Industry Principal Nadim Michel Daher. “This next-generation product builds off of its predecessor, the first-of-its-kind ‘DR retrofit’ offerings. It supports a higher level of workflow productivity, dose efficiency and image quality, without requiring heavy investments.”

Carestream is set to replicate the success of its DR systems in the fluoroscopy department with the launch of the DRX-Excel Plus, its multi-purpose fluoroscopy/radiography equipment. This device was developed in response to the relative lack of product and technology innovation in this specialty area. It presents healthcare providers with considerable savings by enabling them to share flat-panel detectors among multiple radiography and fluoroscopy rooms and systems.

Similarly, Carestream’s recent entry into ultrasound modality is a perfect example of the design philosophy at the company. The Touch Prime and Touch Prime XE premium ultrasound imaging systems underline Carestream’s focus on performance and usability across its product lines. Carestream was able to optimize features based on the actual needs of ultrasound professionals. The all-touch control panel, which is extremely easy to clean and offers tactile feedback on home keys so that operators can stay focused on the patient, is garnering praise from the marketplace. The user interface also can be customized to the preferences of the sonographer.

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