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Royal Bournemouth Hospital has installed the latest CarestreamVue PACS, creating a joint system with Poole Hospital to provide clinicians access to any radiology examination across the south coast region of the UK.The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major district general hospital providing healthcare for a total population of around 550,000, which rises during the holiday months, and the radiology department carries out around 200,000 examinations per year. Paul Shelton, General Manager of Radiology at Royal Bournemouth Hospital explained the reasons behind the installation:"We required a fast, modem system that would cope with multi-site working and provide full PACS functionality," he said.