eRad PACS installed in Virginia facility

 Medical image management solutions provider eRads’ web-based PACS has been selected by Spinal Surgery Associates of Charlottesville, Va. to be deployed in its facility, said the Greenville, S.C.-based company.Clinicians and radiologists at SSA will utilize eRads’ software to view images and create medical reports, in conjunction with the EOS ultra low dose x-ray system, eRad said.

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