XRI to distribute CoActiv technologies in New England

Health IT and software provider CoActiv Medical has signed a distribution agreement with medical equipment sales and service provider XRI, for the marketing of its digital image management technologies.

Via the terms of the partnership, XRI will be responsible for sales, service and support for the CoActiv product line, including the Exam-PACS, its group of web-based PACS, its three Exam-RIS and its vendor-neutral, Exam-Vault Quad-Redundant Archiving services within the New England area, said Ridgefield, Conn.-based CoActiv.

 

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