Rudolfstiftung Hospital in Vienna, one of five main hospitals of the Vienna Hospital Association, has installed a second CARESTREAM DRX-1 System following a successful trial during the Summer of 2009. The trial was initiated as a result of the hospital modernising its facilities across three X-ray rooms in a move to meet the required high demand for images, both in terms of capacity and quality. Installation of the new mobile DRX-1 detector offered the opportunity to improve workflow whilst maintaining quality, as it was compatible with the existing equipment.
According to Institute Director, Prof. Dr. Tscholakoff, "We wanted to improve the workflow with our decision to use the DRX-1 mobile detector, and we succeeded. We were able to increase productivity and shorten examination times of radiology patients, to the benefit of both patients and staff. We are very happy with the picture quality. It is definitely better than the old imaging plate system."
The room in which the hospital is introducing the DRX-1 system is mainly used to take images of the abdomen and urinary tract, images for the urological stone centre, general non-surgical and surgical images and also lung bed and skeletal images.
Dr. L. Deimer, a senior physician in Prof. Dr. Tscholakoff's team added, "As well as the improvement in quality, we have the advantage of a decrease in time from the previous two minutes to 17 seconds, which, above all, benefits our X-ray patients from the IC ward. Furthermore, we have seen that our staff workload has been reduced from the previous 50 steps to 30 steps per X-ray image, which makes the work significantly easier."
The innovative DRX-1 System, developed by Carestream Health and introduced in 2008, expands radiology opportunities for practices and clinics. The battery operated detection system is compatible with traditional X-ray machines working with ISO 4090 cassettes, and can be easily inserted into tabletop or wall-mounted detection units. Digitised X-ray images are transferred from detector to console via a wireless LAN connection immediately after exposure and as in contrast to imaging plates the cassette readout on the reader is no longer necessary, the picture is available immediately.
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About Rudolfstiftung Hospital
150 years after the decision of Emperor Franz Joseph I to "found a hospital for the poor and suffering", the Rudolfstiftung Hospital, including the Semmelweis Frauenklinik Gynaecological Clinic in Bastiengasse, constitutes an important element of the Viennese health system and is one of the five main hospitals of the Vienna Hospital Association. Its high medical standards were recognised in 2007, when it was awarded the title of Academic Teaching Hospital of the Medical University of Vienna.
About Carestream Health, Inc.
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