Kansas medical center chooses NovaPACS

Ellsworth County Medical Center (ECMC), a rural critical access hospital located in Ellsworth, Kan., has installed NovaPACS from NovaRad to enhance patient service and streamline image reading and reporting.

On average, ECMC’s radiologists read 10,000 studies annually. Since the installation of NovaPACS, the timeframe of imaging, reading and reporting has decreased from three days to 12 hours, NovaRad said.

NovaPACS is NovaRad’s enterprise-level PACS offering fast image retrieval, full-feature viewer with intuitive interface, and seven-year, on-site archive with off-site emergency back-up.

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