LifePoint Hospitals picks NovaRad for PACS

LifePoint Hospitals Inc. recently selected NovaRad Corp. as its exclusive PACS provider for its network of 57 hospitals located throughout the United States.

To date, NovaPACS has been installed or installations are in progress at:
  • Valley View Medical Center, Ft. Mohave, Calif.
  • Colorado River Medical Center, Needles, Calif.
  • Colorado Plains Medical Center, Fort Morgan, Colo.
  • Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, Somerset, Ky.
  • Logan Memorial Hospital, Russellville, Ky.
  • River Parishes Hospital, LaPlace, La.  
  • Crockett Hospital, Lawrenceburg, Tenn.
  • Livingston Regional Hospital, Livingston, Tenn.
  • Southern Tennessee Medical Center, Winchester, Tenn.
  • Palestine Regional Medical Center, Palestine, Texas
  • Ashley Valley Medical Center, Vernal, Utah
  • Logan Regional Medical Center, Logan, W. Va.
  • Lander Valley Medical Center, Lander, Wyo.

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