DeJarnette wins migration contracts

DeJarnette Research Systems Inc. has been awarded two contracts for legacy PACS data migration.
   
West Coast Imaging of Redding, Calif. awarded a contract to perform data migration from their existing system to a new eMed-Cedera PACS. Fuji Medical Systems awarded a contract to perform data cleansing at an existing PACS site, Virginia Hospital Center of Arlington, Va.
   
Additional terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

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