June 25, 2012 — KLAS released the 2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Medical Equipment and Infrastructure report, which details what end-users think about imaging systems from specific vendors. The report recognizes leaders in individual medical equipment market segments as Best in KLAS, including digital X-ray, CT, MRI (1.5T and 3.0T), ultrasound and mammography.
The Best in KLAS awards are based solely on the data from customers who provide feedback with an eye toward ultimately improving healthcare through better technology. The awards recognize vendors that offer excellent service and meet provider needs with product functionality. This report includes a total of 3,765 provider evaluations, including interviews with hospital and clinic executives, administrators, physicians, nurses, clinicians, directors and managers interacting with healthcare equipment and infrastructure solutions.
Fujifilm earns the distinction of overall performance leader for medical equipment with a score of 88.7 out of a possible 100 and overtakes incumbent Toshiba by a slim margin. Until this year, Toshiba has been ranked first in overall performance scores since the medical equipment Best in KLAS Awards report in 2008.
The following is a list of the 2012 Best in KLAS medical equipment and infrastructure vendors and products:
• Computed Tomography (CT) - 64-slice+: Siemens Somatom Definition Flash
• Digital X-Ray: Shimadzu RADspeed
• Magnetic Resonance (MR) - 3.0T: Siemens Magnetom Skyra
• Magnetic Resonance (MR) - 1.5T: Siemens Magnetom Aera
• Mammography - Digital: Hologic Selenia Dimensions Breast Tomosynthesis
• Ultrasound - General Imaging: Philips iU22
• Ultrasound - Cardiovascular: Philips iE33
2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Computed Tomograpy (CT) 64-slice+
1. Siemens Somatom Definition Flash 90.0
2. Toshiba Aquilion One 89.2
3. Toshiba Aquilion 64 88.8
4. Siemens Somatom Definition AS+ 128 88.5
5. Siemens Somatom Definition AS 64 87.9
6. Philips Brilliance iCT 256 87.3
7. Philiops Brilliance 64 GE Healthcare 83.5
8. GE Healthcare Discovery CT750 HD 80.1
2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Digital X-Ray
1. Shimadzu RADspeed 90.3
2. Fujifilm FDR DEVO Suite 90.0
3. GE Healthcare Discovery XR650 89.8
4. Siemens Axiom Multix M 89.6
5. Carestream DRX-1 89.3
6. Fujifilm FDR Velocity SpeedSuite 88.9
7. Carestream DRX-Evolution 86.2
8. Toshiba Radrex-i 85.3
9. Philips DigitalDiagnost DR 81.9
2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Magnetic Resonance (MR) - 3.0T
1. Siemens Magnetom Skyra 3T MR 88.4
2. Siemens Magnetom Verio 3.0T MR 87.2
3. Siemens Magnetom Trio 3T MR 86.9
4. GE Healthcare Discovery MR750 3.0T 85.6
5. Philips Achieva 3.0T MR 81.2
2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Magnetic Resonance (MR) 1.5T
1. Siemens Magnetom Aera 1.5T MR 90.8
2. Toshiba Vantage 1.5T MR 88.9
3. GE Healthcare Optima MR450w 1.5T 88.7
4. GE Healthcare Signa HDxt 1.5T MR 86.4
5. Siemens Magnetom Espree 1.5T MR 86.4
6. Siemens Magnetom Avanto 1.5T MR 85.5
7. Toshiba Vantage Titan 1.5T MR 85.3
8. Hitachi Echelon 1.5T MR 83.7
9. Philips Achieva 1.5T MR 83.2
2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Ultrasound-General Imaging
1. Philips Philips iU22 90.3
2. Zonare z.one ultra 88.4
3. GE Healthcare Logiq E9 87.5
4. Siemens Acuson S2000 86.6
5. Toshiba Aplio MX 84.7
2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Ultrasound-Cardiovascular
1. Philips iE33 85.4
2. GE Healthcare Vivid E9 85.1
3. GE Healthcare Vivid i 82.5
4. Toshiba Aplio (CV application) 81.8
5. Siemens Acuson SC2000 79.7
2012 Best in KLAS Awards: Mammography-Digital
1. Hologic Selenia Dimensions Breast Tomosynthesis 93.4
2. Hologic Selenia 92.4
3. Hologic Selenia Dimensions 89.8
4. GE Healthcare Senographne DS 87.6
5. Siemens Mammomat Inspiration 86.9
6. GE Healthcare Senographe Essential 86.7
7. Fujifilm Aspire ClearView-CSm (CR) 86.3
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August 09, 2024 
