Minneapolis radiology practice chooses Intelerad

Intelerad Medical Systems, a PACS provider, has installed its IntelePACS at Consulting Radiologists of Minneapolis.

Consulting Radiologists’s 60 radiologists provide outpatient imaging services, teleradiology services, and on site imaging services at hospitals in the upper Midwest. 

The Montreal-based Intelerad said its IntelePACS system can be used over wide area networks, and incorporates InteleViewer and the InteleBrowser administrative interface.

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