NovaRad inks rad product contract with MAGNET GPO

NovaRad was awarded a three-year vendor contract by group purchasing organization MAGNET Cooperative (Mid-Atlantic Group Network of Shared Services) for the company’s radiology product line. 

Via the terms of the agreement, members of MAGNET will have access to NovaPACS, NovaRIS, ClinicPACS orthopedic PACS, CardioPACS cardiology PACS, NovaMG breast imaging viewer, NovaPro, a PACS/RIS built for radiologist groups and single-user radiologists that read for multiple hospitals, clinics and imaging centers and NovaVault, a vendor-neutral archive service, said the American Fork, Utah-based company.

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