Orthopaedic Imaging at UnityPoint Health – Meriter Drives Need for Fully Featured Digital X-ray Rooms

ROCHESTER, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– UnityPoint Health – Meriter (Madison, Wis.) installed two CARESTREAM
DRX-Evolution Plus systems (see video link) as part of an upgrade
designed to enhance and expedite diagnostic imaging for orthopaedic and
general radiology patients at the 448-bed hospital.

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UnityPoint Health – Meriter installs Carestream DRX-Evolution Plus DR rooms and DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray Systems for orthopaedic and general imaging. (Photo: Business Wire)

These digital X-ray rooms are used to perform joint, extremity, hip,
spine and other exams for Meriter-based orthopaedic specialists as well
as surgeons from the University of Wisconsin who use the hospital’s
surgical suites.

One room is designed for ease of use with patients on carts that need
chest X-rays and the other room handles cross-table work using the
upright Bucky. Both imaging systems have a wall stand on a rail with a
removable wireless CARESTREAM
DRX Plus 3543 detector and a wireless CARESTREAM DRX Plus 3543
detector that is used in the table Bucky and for tabletop exams.

“The moveable wall stand with a Bucky-angulation feature expedites
cross-table, lateral spine and other complex orthopaedic exams,” said
Rose Knoll, the hospital’s Manager for General Diagnostic, Fluoroscopy
and Mammography Imaging. “This system’s design and ease of use allow our
technologists to efficiently capture orthopaedic imaging studies for
pre- and post-operative patients.”

The DRX-Evolution Plus system offers an autotracking feature that moves
the X-ray tube into position to help reduce fatigue and repetitive
stress injuries for technologists. A remote control lines up the X-ray
tube to either Bucky to further streamline the imaging process.

A third DRX-Evolution system installed in the ED performs a variety of
trauma and general diagnostic exams including lower extremities, chest,
abdomen and spine. Use of a grid holder on the table expedites capture
of cross-table hips and other exams using the upright Bucky.

The radiology department has five CARESTREAM
DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray Systems that deliver rapid access to
diagnostic images in the ER, OR, NICU, ICU and other nursing units.
Carestream’s advanced software enhances visualization of tubes and lines
from the original images so physicians can verify placement. Surgeons
are pleased with the ability to view high-quality images in seconds in
the operating room when implanting hardware or checking vertebral
location for spine cases.

CARESTREAM DRX 3543 detectors are used with all of the portable imaging
systems, and two small-format CARESTREAM 2530C detectors also are used
for imaging in the ER and NICU.

Carestream will demonstrate its ability to enhance and expedite
orthopaedic imaging exams at the AAOS (American Academy of Orthopaedic
Surgeons) meeting and exhibit that begins March 14 in San Diego, Calif.

About UnityPoint Health – Meriter

UnityPoint Health – Meriter provides comprehensive, coordinated care to
patients in the Greater Madison area through our clinics, hospital and
home care services. Meriter offers primary and specialty care, including
heart and vascular, orthopedics, women’s health, and is home to the
busiest birthing center in Wisconsin. In 2016, Meriter earned an overall
5-Star quality rating from the Centers from Medicare and Medicaid (CMS),
was named a 100 Top Hospital ® by Truven Health Analytics™ and won an
Outstanding Patient Experience Award™ from Healthgrades. For more
information, visit www.unitypoint.org.

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