MedAssets to employ Hitachis Open MRI

Hitachi Medical Systems America has negotiated a contract with financial performance solutions group, MedAssets Supply Chain Systems, to become the group’s supplier of Open MRI products.

The contract, which will feature Hitachi's Oasis 1.2T high-field bore-less MRI, will be put into effect as of Jan. 1, 2010, said Twinsburg, Ohio-based Hitachi.

The Oasis 1.2T features high-field image clinical capability and quality, as well as comfort for patients, said the company.

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