Texas provider taps eRad

Cancer Radiation & Specialty Clinics of El Paso, Texas, has installed eRad’s web-based RIS, PACS and teleradiology software platform.

The clinics use eRad’s cloud-based service to manage imaging workflow, according to Greenville, N.C.-based eRad. The system is integrated with the practice’s EMR and includes a local server.

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