Massachusetts multi-specialty group selects CoActiv Exam-PACS

Hampden County Physicians Associates, a 16-site, multi-specialty medical practice with more than 50 physicians throughout Hampden County in Massachusetts, has selected CoActiv’s Exam-PACS.

The Springfield, Mass.-based practice group said the system also includes secure, redundant offsite image storage in four separate locations with CoActiv Exam-Vault Quad-Redundant Archiving.

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