peerVue adds nine customers with launch of early adopter program

peerVue, a provider of niche healthcare software services, has begun its early adopter program with the addition of nine new customers.

The Burlington, Vt.-based peerVue said its program brings together healthcare organizations that share a commitment to quality improvement in radiology and communications in healthcare. The company said the program aims to link academic medical centers, community hospitals and imaging centers that are facing workflow and regulatory challenges.

The early adopter program includes: North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital Health System, N.Y. (GE PACS); Radiology Imaging Associates, Colo. (Fuji, InteleRad and GE PACS); Mecklenburg Radiology Associates, N.C. (Neurostar and ImageCast PACS); Ohio Health, Ohio (Fuji PACS); Riverside Radiology Associates, Ohio (Fuji PACS); WakeMed Health & Hospitals, N.C. (Amicas PACS); Children’s Hospital Central California, Calif. (Amicas PACS); and Graham Hospital, Ill. (Amicas PACS).

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