Carestream Health begins operation as Independent Co.

Hyderabad, May 14 (UNI) Carestream Health Inc today officially started its operation as an independent company with more than 8,100 employees serving tens of thousands of customers in 150 countries around the world.

With nearly 2.5 billion US Dollars in annual sales, Carestream Health is one of the world's leading health imaging and IT solutions companies, offering a comprehensive suite of traditional and digital solutions to medical, dental, molecular imaging systems and non-destructive testing customers, according to a release here today.

The company, which originated as a business unit within Eastman Kodak Company, has more than 110 years of experience in health imaging, and over 1,000 patents in digital and film imaging and information technology.

As a result of its innovative product portfolio and broad global sales, service and distribution capabilities, products from Carestream Health could be found in approximately 90 per cent of hospitals and dental practices around the world.

The company's healthcare information solutions group provides fully-integrated IT workflow solutions that integrate images and patient information for processing, diagnosis, reporting, sharing, billing, and storage and management of departmental workflow.

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