Houston practice deploys NovaRIS

One Step Diagnostic, an open-MRI clinic, has installed NovaRad's NovaRIS to provide electronic scheduling and procedure tracking and manage exam status, revenues, insurance payouts and staff productivity.

NovaRIS integrates with a facility’s existing PACS or HIS, includes voice recognition and transcription and contains worklists and interfaces for administrative assistants, technologists, radiologists, transcriptionists and billing specialists, said American Fork, Utah-based NovaRad.

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