The nonprofit World Health Imaging, Telemedicine, and Informatics Alliance (WHITIA) has completed the installation of digital x-ray systems at pilot sites in Guatemala.
The Chicago-based group said that two systems were installed, one at Salud y Bienestar Clinica Municipal, an urban facility in Guatemala City, and another at Dr. Gustavo Casteneda Palacios Hospitalito in Rio Hondo, a rural site.
The systems will be used to demonstrate how access to medical technology and telemedicine can improve healthcare, according to Ivy Walker, WHITIA's CEO.
Several imaging vendors participated in the installations, including Merge Healthcare of Hartland, WI, which provided the PACS and image management software; Sedecal of Madrid, which provided the digital x-ray system; Carestream Health of Rochester, NY, which donated the computed radiography (CR) system; and Kane X-ray of Annapolis, MD, which donated personnel to perform the CR and PACS installations.
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