Merge gains 32 customers for Fusion

Image and information management software provider Merge eFilm announced this week that 32 customers have gone live with the Fusion RIS, PACS or RIS/PACS systems, including existing customers that added RIS or PACS or expanded the number of sites using Fusion.

According to Merge, the group of Fusion customers consists of multi- and single-site imaging centers, hospitals, integrated delivery networks and orthopedic clinics.

Fusion RIS/PACS customers include:
  • Advanced Radiology Professionals,     Buffalo Grove, Ill.
  • Aurum Medical Imaging, Conroe,     Texas
  • Bellevue Radiology, Bellvue, Wash.
  • Center for Diagnostic Imaging,     Minneapolis, Minn.
  • COL Management, Lafayette, La.
  • Doylestown Radiology Group,     Warmunster, Pa.
  • Excel Diagnostics Imaging Clinic,     Houston, Texas
  • Modular Solutions/Imaging Solutions     of Arkansas, North Little Rock, Ark.
  • Western Arizona Radiology, Phoenix,     Ariz.
  • Rolling Oaks Radiology, Rolling     Oaks, Calif.
  • West Coast Radiology Center, Santa     Ana, Calif.

Fusion RIS customers include:
  • Hazelton Imaging Center, Hazleton,     Pa.
  • Image Radiology, Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Fairmont Diagnostics, Pasedena,     Texas
  • The Flinn Clinic, Memphis, Tenn.
  • The Imaging Center at Gloster     Creek, Tupelo, Miss.
  • Manatee Diagnostics, Bradenton,     Fla.
  • Merced MRI, Merced, Calif.

Fusion PACS customers include:
  • Arlington Orthopedic Associates,     Arlington, Texas
  • Austin Open MRI, Austin, Texas
  • Carolina Orthopedics Specialists,     Hickory, N.C.
  • Mount Tam Orthopedics, Greenbrae,     Calif.
  • Radiology Associates of West Pasco,     West Pasco, Texas
  • Plancher Orthopedics and Sports     Medicine, New York, N.Y.
  • Prevecare/Charleston Clinic,     Charleston, S.C.
  • Radiology Associates of Corpus     Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas
  • Radiology Associates of Venice,     Venice, Fla.
  • Radiology Group PC, Davenport, Iowa
  • Radiology Associates of San     Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
  • St. Vincent Health Center/Westfield     Hospital, Erie, Pa.
  • University Health System, San     Antonio, Texas
  • Zion Orthopedics, St. George, Utah

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