Creighton Area Health Services chooses NovaPACS

Creighton Area Health Services in Creighton, Neb., has installed the NovaPACS from the American Fork, Utah-based NovaRad.

NovaPACS is NovaRad’s enterprise-level PACS, offering image retrieval, a full-feature viewer with intuitive interface, and seven-year on-site archive with off-site, emergency back-up.

Creighton Area Health Services is comprised of a 23-bed critical access hospital and the Creighton Care Centre, a 47-bed long term care facility, NovaRad said.

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