NovaRad nets three more installs

NovaRad has secured NovaPACS contracts with three additional imaging centers in Louisiana, Pennsylvania and Utah.

The new NovaPACS facilities include: Jeff Davis Imaging in Jennings, La.; Walnut Bottom Radiology in Carlisle, Pa.; and Salt Lake MRI in South Jordan, Utah. 

Walnut Bottom Radiology and Salt Lake MRI also selected NovaRad’s NovaRIS, a web-based RIS that generates reports, measures profitability and facilitates paperless management of patient records, according to American Fork, Utah-based NovaRad.

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