Carestream DRX-Evolution X-ray System Best in KLAS

Carestream has earned a top rating for its digital X-ray systems in the KLAS report “Digital X-Ray Performance 2013 – Impact of a Wireless Workflow.” The DRX-Evolution scored highest for overall performance.

In a survey of more than 200 radiology professionals, the report stated that “Carestream has built on their wireless detector success with the DRX-Evolution. Providers are taking advantage of moving detectors between different rooms or mobile X-ray systems. The DRX-Evolution wireless rooms are also meeting provider needs with an intuitive user interface, great image quality and reliability.” Carestream also received the highest rating in three survey indicators which were "Implementation On Time,” “Usability” and "Quality of Training.”

KLAS is independently owned and operated, and has ratings on more than 250 healthcare technology vendors and over 900 products and services. Headquartered in Orem, Utah, with researchers throughout North America, KLAS publishes approximately 60 performance and perception reports each year.

In the report Carestream’s DRX-Evolution system is described as follows:

• “Reliable unit with great patient throughput. Easy-to-use and intuitive GUI consistent across CR and DR offerings. Detector battery life is meeting needs. Switching detectors works well, with nearly 40 percent using it.”

Users provided comments about the performance of Carestream’s DRX-Evolution:

• “I would compare the DRX-Evolution to Apple's products. It is very intuitive and it tells users in layman's terms how to get procedures done. When it is trying to solve a problem, it tells us step by step how to get any type of procedure done.”
  
• “This is an extremely efficient and user-friendly product.”
  

The DRX-Evolution system can perform many different general radiology, trauma and emergency room X-ray procedures.  The DRX-Evolution is designed to move around the patient instead of positioning the patient based on the configuration of the X-ray equipment.

The system’s wireless DRX-1 detector can be removed from the wall stand or table to easily handle difficult imaging studies, as well as exams for patients in wheelchairs or on stretchers. Digital images are sent over a secure wireless network and appear on the system console in seconds.