Your Guide to Medical Imaging Equipment

As with all imaging equipment, your MRI will eventually need to be upgraded or replaced to keep pace with new healthcare demands. If you've been in the field for a while, you're probably well aware of this and may have even been at your facility when the current MRI scanner was installed. If so, you're probably also well aware of the potential need for some extensive renovations.

Undergoing renovations is never fun, but not being able to serve patients or generate revenue is even less fun. So, what's done during construction?  Go mobile!

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A mobile imaging system is probably the biggest thing your imaging facility will ever have delivered; an entire semi trailer filled with several tons of equipment. Understandably, you might be unsure of what to expect when this huge thing shows up on your doorstep. To help ease any of that uncertainty, we want to help you understand what steps are included in delivery, setup, and training for your mobile rental.

The steps listed below are things that should happen shortly after after your mobile imaging rental arrives.

As you work with a provider to arrange your mobile CT rental, site readiness should (hopefully) be a significant part of your conversation. Getting a mobile system up and running on your grounds isn't a "plug-and-play" kind of proposition. There are a handful of things that need to be in place to accommodate the equipment that will be delivered to your doorstep.

If your provider hasn't answered all your questions about what a mobile-ready site looks like, we're here to clear things up with a short list of requirements. Take a look at the steps below to make sure you have the proper position, personnel, power, and more for a successful mobile CT hook up.

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For imaging facilities running on a tighter budget, finding the right DR solution can be challenging. Often, long-term solutions are not feasible because of the total capital outlay involved in acquiring them. Because we've seen so many facilities wrestle with this issue, here at Block we've put plans in place to be more flexible in serving your needs.

DR panel buyers now have options outside of a standard purchase. Below, we'll share a feature comparison of two of them, DR rental and DR subscription, as well as which circumstances they fit best in.

So, you're upgrading your existing CT or MRI machine and the incoming system is from a different manufacturer than the one you've been using for years. You're planning to rent an interim system so you can avoid downtime during remodeling and installation. What you're not sure of is whether you should rent equipment from your incumbent manufacturer or from your incoming manufacturer.

When upgrading or changing manufacturers in your imaging modality we typically see, and recommend, that renters choose interim systems from their incumbent manufacturer. We'll share two reasons for this below.