Kansas selects NovaRad PACS

Graham County Hospital in Hill City, Kan., has selected NovaRad’s NovaPACS to access studies between the hospital and radiologist groups that read for the hospital.

NovaPACS is NovaRad’s enterprise-level PACS offering image retrieval, full-feature viewer with intuitive interface and seven-year, on-site archive with off-site emergency backup. Full-screen viewing, menus and mouse-based functions are available to help referring physicians access images and reports from any computer, according to American Fork, Utah-based company.

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