Kenerly Orthopedics Offers New Direct Digital X-Ray
August 2006 – Patients needing x-rays at Dr. Kenerly’s office will benefit from the latest direct digital technology on the market. Dr. Kenerly, like many hospitals and radiography centers in larger cities, has purchased the Swissray Direct Digital X-Ray system and now has it installed and operating in his office. Dr. Kenerly has Southeast Georgia’s only Swissray system in operation outside of the Savannah area.
“Our patients are excited at how the Swissray system works. They often can stand for x-rays and the highly-mobile system locates itself around them for precision digital radiography. It’s much quicker and more efficient than any system I’ve seen,” says Dr. Kenerly. He adds, “The images are incredible. The patient will benefit from the detailed images Swissray gives the doctor.” The Swissray system is DR (digital radiography) and in contrast to CR (computerized radiography) and conventional x-ray is much faster and requires no “cassette” for the technician to handle between each image taken of a patient.
Swissray is the recipient of the prestigious Frost and Sullivan 2004 “Best Product Value Award” for their design excellence and superior product value. This new technology provides high quality medical radiographic images in seconds, stores them digitally, and allows archival in a secure digital filing system.
Additionally, Kenerly Orthopaedics has implemented the Sectra PACS (Picture Archival and Communication System). Sectra provides secure archival and distribution of the digital x-ray images in an enterprise network environment. The images therefore are instantly viewable for the doctor to “read, measure, template and manipulate”. The images are also viewable in each patient room for the doctor to review with the patient. The Sectra PACS can then make copies of a patient’s images on CD for the patient to take to other health care providers as needed. “The benefits to the patient are tremendous,” says Dr. Kenerly. “Computerization of the patient’s health record and now their diagnostic images provide cutting edge technology to our patients.”
“I have researched the market over the last 2 years and have had the opportunity to look at many CR, DR and PACS solutions,” states Dr. Kenerly. “I am excited about the vendor team I have selected. Both Swissray and Sectra are market leaders in their respective fields and bring to my practice and my patients exceedingly high quality, service and dependability.”
Dr. Kenerly invites his patients needing x-rays to inquire about the new Swissray system and how it can benefit them. For more information visit www.swissray.com or www.sectra.se/medical/.