Philippines facilities install Novarad PACS

Chinese General Hospital and Cardinal MRI Center have selected Novarad’s NovaPACS.

The Philippines-based healthcare facilities chose Novarad to help transition their imaging services to completely digital environments. NovaPACS was selected because it is web-based, enabling images to be shared with radiologists at partner and referring facilities, according to the American Fork-based provider of PACS, RIS, orthopedic, cardiology and mammography systems.

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