Massachusetts hospital selects NovaPACS and OrthopedicPACS

Lawrence General Hospital of Lawrence Mass. this month will complete the installation of NovaRad's NovaPACS and OrthopedicPACS.

NovaPACS, NovaRad's flagship product, provides hospitals with a complete system including servers, viewers, prep and work stations. OrthopedicPACS, which was introduced in February, offers ortho tools and a complete template library including screws, nails, plates, and prosthesis devices with a NovaPACS workstation. The software also offers procedure pre-planning simulation capabilities for fracture reduction, osteotomy and trauma.

Lawrence General Hospital will also be integrating the systems with its existing RIS, NovaRad said.

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