eRad inks multi-site contract in New Jersey

Healthcare IT provider eRad, a division of RadNet, has been selected by Garden State Pain and Radiology Centers in New Jersey for its web-based RIS/PACS.

According to the Greenville, S.C.-based company, each of the six separate clinical offices of the radiology practice will be migrating to the new system, following the replacement of a legacy system.

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