Summit Radiology Associates taps Merge for radiology systems

Summit Radiology Associates will install Merge Healthcare’s suite of radiology products.

The multi-site practice, based in Summit, N.J., will implement Merge RIS, a web-based radiology information system; Merge PACS, which is also web-based; Merge Financials, a billing system; Merge Documents, a document management system; Merge Referral Portal, a web-based portal for referring physicians; and Merge Dashboards, a business intelligence platform.

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