Ill. practice taps Merge for MU

Lakeland Healthcare Group, a multisite practice including two regional hospitals and affiliated and freestanding clinics in Illinois, will implement Merge Healthcare’s suite of cloud-hosted radiology software to improve workflow and achieve meaningful use.

The Merge Radiology Solutions suite includes Merge RIS, a web-based RIS; Merge PACS, which provides storage and access to images from any enterprise web-based location; Merge Financials, a web-based billing system; Merge Documents, a paperless office system; Merge Referral Portal, a web-based portal; and Merge Dashboards, an on-demand business intelligence system.

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