or healthcare facilities that want high quality MRI
onable price in a relocatable diagnostic imaging building.
What about the foundation for a Cassette?
PDC provides a Site Planning Guide for the foundation and can collaborate with
your consultants and designers. Or PDC will design and construct the foundation.
How does the Cassette installation schedule compare with that for
a fixed site?
With a Cassette, you can plan on being ready to image 4 months after signing
the purchase order. A fixed site project can take 9 to 12 months, or even longer.
Why would we choose a Cassette over a modular building or before
our new construction is completed?
Speed, simplicity and GE-certified performance. Choosing a Cassette eliminates
lengthy design meetings, long construction schedules, mediating claims for forgotten
work, negotiating change orders and waiting for the MR system to be delivered,
installed and readied for scanning. With the Cassette you can be scanning and
generating revenue long before your building program would have been completed.
PDC also installs RF Shielding and Magnetic Shielding for fixed site installations
and can create the MR Experience in your fixed site MR installation.
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MR Experience™ and Experience Cassette™ are trademarks of PDC Facilities, Inc.
Cassette® is a registered trademark of PDC Facilities, Inc.
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Take the anxiety out of MRI
Exceptional care is patient-centered care.
The PDC Experience Cassette enables you to bring the caring design of
GE MRI systems to your patients in a positive environment that reduces their
anxiety and supports the healing process.
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Color the world their way
The Experience Cassette uses colorful LED lighting to give patients a real voice in
their care. From children to seniors, patients can choose from a range of different
lighting schemes, from soft white to grass green or sky blue. Princess pink brings a
smile to every little girl, helping to ease Mom’s worry. The personalized display
illuminates and warms the room in soft tones – making the environment less intimidating.
Personalize the exam – with a little magic
The heart of the MR Experience™ is the interactive touchscreen embedded in the
center glass panel. Like a magic mirror, this floor-to-ceiling glass panel transforms
into a personalized display for the patient such as those shown here. Caregivers can
create customized welcome messages and let patients select their own graphics, from
cheerful cartoons to serene nature scenes. It’s also an amazing educational tool,
with the ability to project a life-size, full-body MRI scan to help patients understand
the procedure. The images change in seconds with the touch of a finger.
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An MRI building project can be complicated and stressful for hospital
administrators. Prolonged design discussions, budget uncertainty and a
construction phase that seems endless. The dirt, noise, and disruption of
construction. Cost overruns. Uncertainty. Loss of control.
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sophisticated, attractive, and superbly engineered as the GE MRI system
it houses. You get the best of both worlds: fixed-site imaging performance
in a certified healthcare compliant imaging suite that is delivered to
your site in 12 weeks, installed in one day, and patient-ready in
three weeks. Perfect for temporary or permanent MRI imaging,
the Cassette® saves time and money when compared to fixed
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The streamlined Experience Cassette control room puts technology in its place –
comfortably at hand but mostly out of sight. With spacious work areas, highly functional
built-in storage, and thoughtfully designed ergonomics, this open workspace enables
technologists to perform at their best while feeling right at home, no matter how long
the workday.
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Designed expressly for GE MRI systems, the PDC Cassette® is the only
relocatable building delivered with a fixed-site GE MRI system fully installed.
GE certified, the Cassette will help deliver optimum image performance without
the uncertainty of construction-induced artifacts or RF leaks. It’s also the only
relocatable building that meets all IBC (International Building Code) requirements
and seismic design requirements from coast to coast.
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The PDC Cassette is custom built to your
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within 12 weeks of order acceptance. In
contrast, traditional design/build MRI projects
can take four to six months just to get an
approved design – plus six to nine more months
of construction and meetings. At PDC, we take
care of everything for you – so installation
is fast and hassle-free. And if flexibility is
important, you can move your Cassette to
another site or remove your MR system and
sell the Cassette back to PDC.
The fixed-price PDC Cassette helps hospitals
save considerable time and money in getting
new MRI services up and running. Capital
expenditures typically run 20 to 30% less than
new building construction – with no worry
of cost overruns or scheduling delays. And
because the Cassette is truly a plug-and-play
solution, the positive cash flow starts sooner.
Another plus – leasing is available through
GE Capital Healthcare Financial Services for
qualified customers.
If you go to one of the hundreds of healthcare sites across the U.S. that have a PDC
Cassette building, chances are you’ll have
trouble seeing it. The Cassette buildings are
designed to complement the existing structure,
whether it is a permanent or temporary
installation. In fact, most customers who
lease a Cassette as a temporary facility
are so delighted with the look, quality and
functionality that it becomes the permanent
home for their MRI system.
The Experience Cassette™ from PDC hits the sweet spot for healthcare facilities that want high quality MRI
performance, a positive patient experience, and a reasonable price in a relocatable diagnostic imaging building.
What about the foundation for a Cassette?
No, the Cassette is a fully finished, fully relocatable “institutional-quality” building
that can be used as a permanent or temporary structure and later sold or relocated
elsewhere. It is GE performance tested and certified. The Cassette can be leased
or purchased to suit each individual customer’s needs.
PDC provides a Site Planning Guide for the foundation and can collaborate with
your consultants and designers. Or PDC will design and construct the foundation.
What is the GE certification?
With a Cassette, you can plan on being ready to image 4 months after signing
the purchase order. A fixed site project can take 9 to 12 months, or even longer.
GE engineers worked collaboratively with PDC to design the optimal relocatable
imaging environment. The Cassettes are manufactured under a strict Quality
Management System audited by GE to ensure continuous quality compliance.
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Yes. Cassettes are available with the entire MR Experience, with some of the
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purchased for an existing MR department.
How soon could we get a Cassette?
Cassette manufacturing takes approximately 12 weeks.
How does the Cassette installation schedule compare with that for
a fixed site?
Why would we choose a Cassette over a modular building or before
our new construction is completed?
Speed, simplicity and GE-certified performance. Choosing a Cassette eliminates
lengthy design meetings, long construction schedules, mediating claims for forgotten
work, negotiating change orders and waiting for the MR system to be delivered,
installed and readied for scanning. With the Cassette you can be scanning and
generating revenue long before your building program would have been completed.
PDC also installs RF Shielding and Magnetic Shielding for fixed site installations
and can create the MR Experience in your fixed site MR installation.
To learn how we can help you take the
anxiety out of MRI construction, contact
Bill Maslowski at 262.367.7703 or
Jim Maslowski at 262.367.7704.
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PDC Facilities, Inc.
700 Walnut Ridge Dr.
Hartland, WI USA 53029
262.367.7700
www.pdcbiz.com
© PDC Facilities, Inc.
MR Experience™ and Experience Cassette™ are trademarks of PDC Facilities, Inc.
Cassette® is a registered trademark of PDC Facilities, Inc.
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