Mississippi medical center chooses NovaRad

Dec. 5 – Bolivar Medical Center in Cleveland, Miss., has signed a contract to install NovaRad’s NovaPACS.

Bolivar, a 165-bed facility, is a Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO) accredited acute care facility.

The American Fork, Utah-based NovaRad said its NovaPACS is an enterprise-level PACS offering with image retrieval; a viewer with intuitive interface; seven-year on-site archive with off-site emergency back up; full-screen viewing menus; and mouse-based functions.

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