Carestream Health is donating $1 million in new ultrasound systems to the Rochester Institute of Technology's (RIT) diagnostic medical sonography program.
The units will be installed at RIT's new clinical health sciences center in Rochester, NY, which is scheduled to open later this year. The donation will help RIT students experience a broader variety of ultrasound systems, while Carestream will benefit from insights from RIT faculty and students that can be used to validate new ultrasound product designs, the company said.
RIT's diagnostic medical sonography program is accredited by the Joint Review Commission on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JRCDMS) of the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). The program is housed in RIT's College of Health Sciences and Technology and graduates between 26 and 30 students each year, according to the firm.
