Lumedx expands contract at UC Davis Medical Center

University of California, (UC) Davis Medical Center has selected medical imaging and information systems provider, Lumedx, to manage its clinical and operational data, by purchasing Lumedx Apollo structured reporting, analytics and interoperability products for its heart and vascular centers.

UC Davis utilized the Apollo clinical data repository to support only cardiac registry participation prior to the implantation of the additional Apollo products, which include the CardioDoc electronic physician structured reporting for the catheterization, peripheral vascular diagnostic and peripheral vascular invasive laboratories, said the Oakland, Calif.-based company.

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