Spine clinics tap Novarad

Lisa Fratt | | Health Imaging | Enterprise Imaging
North Jersey Spine Group, in Wayne, N.J., and Alegent Health Back & Spine Institute, in Omaha, Neb., selected NovaOrtho, Novarad’s orthopedic PACS that facilitates image and information management and provides orthopedic pre-op templates.

North Jersey Spine Group is a regional center specializing in back and neck problems. The Alegent Health Back & Spine Institute provides non-surgical and surgical care and is located in the Immanuel Medical Center.

NovaOrtho includes PACS, an administration console, orthopedic trauma tools and templates and a patient room image distribution system combined with a CR, stated American Fork, Utah-based Novarad. The digital image viewing system enables importing of images from CDs and image routing to and from any hospital or any other PACS.

Lisa Fratt

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