AMS receives 15 PACS orders

PACS provider American Medical Sales (AMS) of Hawthorne, Calif., has received 15 new orders from its distributor network in the last half of the third quarter of 2007.

AMS said the orders consisted of products from its Midas line of mid-sized PACS services and its PACS-in-a-Box products, which are designed for private practices and imaging centers. 

The facilities include Haskell Memorial Hospital, Texas; two installs at Fondren Medical Clinics, Texas; Blaine Animal Pet Hospital, Minn.; Northeastern Tribal Health System, Okla.; Internal Medicine Associates, S.C.; Comprehensive Orthopedics, Utah; Halpert Dental X-Ray Center, Calif.; Seip Orthopedics, Utah: Roberts Orthopedics, Calif.; Mahlmeister Chiropractics, Okla.; Justesen Clinic, Utah; two installs at Med Express, Fla.; and Muscatine Medical, Iowa. 

Additionally, AMS reported it has completed the installation of its Catella PACS system at the three campuses of Palmer Chiropractic College.

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