NovaRad nets four PACS contracts in Idaho

NovaRad has added four new contracts with community hospitals and radiology centers in Idaho.

The facilities include: Boise Radiology Group in Boise; Cascade Medical Center in Cascade; Idaho Sports Medicine Institute in Boise; and Gooding County Memorial Hospital in Gooding. The company said that the hospital also purchased NovaRad's NovaRIS RIS.

The American Fork, Utah-based NovaRad said its radiology technologies can be installed and live in approximately four weeks. The turnkey PACS includes CR, dictation, scheduling, image capture, orthopedic MIP/MPR, cardio viewers, mammography tracking and regular software and hardware upgrades.

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