NovaRad's NovaPACS installations climb

Medical image and information management systems vendor NovaRad has signed contracts with more than 30 hospitals and imaging centers, bringing the number of NovaPACS installations to 80.
   
NovaPACS is suited for any size facility, from hospitals with fewer than 10 to more than 200 beds and single-site to multi-site radiology groups. Some of the institutions implementing the NovaPACS system in 2004 include:
  • Alaska Family Sonogram, Alaska
  • Central Ohio Primary Care, Ohio
  • Clarinda, Clarinda Regional Health, Iowa
  • Excelsior Springs Medical Center, Mo.
  • Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
  • Grand Coulee, Coulee Comm. Hospital, Wash.
  • Grapevine, MRI Solutions, Texas, (2)
  • Harris Imaging, Ariz., (2)
  • Heartland Orthopedics, Maine
  • Imaging Center PC, Virgin Islands
  • Kimball, Kimball Health Services, Neb.
  • Lake Cumberland, Ky.
  • Lake Mead, North Vista, Nev.
  • Lafayette Heart Hospital, La.
  • Lawrence General, Mass.
  • Logan Regional, W. Va.
  • Macon, Radiology Associates of Maco, Ga., (2)
  • McCready Memorial, Md.
  • MRI of Las Cruces, N.M.
  • Nacogdoches Memorial, Texas
  • Republic, Ferry County Memorial, Wash.
  • Rexburg, Madison Memorial, Idaho
  • River Parishes, La.
  • St. Croix, Advanced Radiology LLC, Virgin Islands
  • Sunnyside Medical Center, Wash.
  • Teleradiology of Montana, Mont.
  • West Point, St. Francis Memorial, Neb.

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