NovaRad signs two Tennessee PACS contracts

Coffey Family Medical Clinic in Oneida, Tenn. and Speight Family Medical in Atoka, Tenn., have selected NovaRad’s NovaPACS imaging technology, bringing the total number of facilities in the state using NovaRad’s RIS and PACS technologies to 10.

iPro, a NovaRad distributor, facilitated the contracts.

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, NovaRad said.

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