AMS receives 15 PACS orders

American Medical Sales (AMS) has received 15 new orders from its distributor network during December 2007. 

The Minnetonka, Minn.-based AMS said the orders consisted of products from its MIDAS line of mid-sized PACS solutions and PACS-in-a-Box products designed for private practices and imaging centers. 

The orders include Blain Area Pet Hospital in Blain, Minn.; Clearlake Family Practice in Houston; Dr. Ron Ferguson in Show Low, Ariz.; Dr. Freeney in Coon Rapids, Mich.; Dr. Ramon Rivers Health Center in Plantation, Fla.; Family Clinic in Bridgeport, Texas; Fondren Orthopedics in Sugarland Texas; Friendwood Doctors Clinic in Friendwood, Texas; Kronenwetter Vet Care in Kronenwetter, Wis.; Northwest Neurology in Surprise, Ariz.; Personal Doctor Care in Delray Beach, Fla.; Reliant Rehabilitation Hospital in Garland, Texas; RPS Imaging in Michigan City, Ind.; Seaside Orthopedic in Little River, S.C.; and Stoughton Hospital in Oregon, Wis.

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