Agfa HealthCare recently signed a new $35 million a year, dual-source contract with Premier Purchasing Partners L.P. for three-years, in which Agfa will provide Computed Radiography (CR) products to the alliance’s 1,700 member hospitals and more than 43,000 other healthcare delivery sites.
Agfa HealthCare’s entire line of CR hardware, software and service maintenance agreements is covered in this contract, and includes the CR 85-X high capacity multi-plate system; Agfa’s two single plate systems, CR 35-X and the new CR 30-X. Also included is Agfa HealthCare’s breakthrough digital radiography solution, the DX-S. The DX-S provides reportedly fast cycle time, precision image quality and potential for dose reduction.