Nebraska medical clinic chooses NovaRad web-based PACS

Family Practice of Grand Island, a medical clinic in Grand Island, Neb., has selected NovaRad’s web-based NovaPACS to support its radiology services.

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, according to American Fork, Utah-based company.

In addition, NovaRad said that referring physicians can benefit with access to images and the set of tools – voice annotation, MIPS/MPR, measuring tools and e-sign. 

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