Franklin & Seidelmann ink service agreement with California network

Radiology interpretations provider Franklin and Seidelmann (F&S) have signed a remote reading service agreement with Adventist Health Central Valley Networks, for its multiple sites in Hanford and Selma, Calif.

F&S will begin transitional services in February, and will reach full-service status within the network’s three hospitals and one imaging center within approximately 60 days, and with approximately half of all exams being read on-site and the remaining interpretations being read off-site by F&S's network of radiologists across the U.S., said the Cleveland-based company.

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