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July 2011

ASTRO elects new officers (07/30/2011)

Emerging markets to propel global imaging market to $24B by 2016 (07/30/2011)

JNCI: Breast density tied to more aggressive tumors (07/29/2011)

Portable device diagnoses blood in minutes (07/29/2011)

IOM to FDA: Scrap 510(k), start fresh (07/29/2011)

Health Affairs: ACOs can't fail (07/29/2011)

JACR: Strategies for sub-mSv head CT studies (07/29/2011)

JAMIA: Cloud-based EHRs could bring 'superior' security (07/29/2011)

GE Healthcare acquires event reporting tech (07/29/2011)

drchrono's iPad EHR app certified (07/29/2011)

FDA: Environment, user issues among risks in home medical devices (07/29/2011)

Researchers develop artifical lung that uses air (07/28/2011)

Center for Tech and Aging awards $477K in mobile health grants (07/28/2011)

ONC, Health 2.0 offer new innovation challenge (07/28/2011)

Canadian hospital selects Omnicell for med management (07/28/2011)

NEJM: In case of emergency, tweet (07/28/2011)

The real value of HIEs (07/27/2011)

Report calls for health IT to boost care in rural areas (07/27/2011)

HIMSS Analytics: After dip, hospital IT budgets rise again (07/27/2011)

Shimadzu garners top rank in KLAS digital x-ray report (07/27/2011)

Memphis health org selects RelayHealth for enterprise HIE (07/27/2011)

Canada hospital selects Omnicell med management system (07/27/2011)

FDA's draft guidance may change medical device 510(k) review (07/26/2011)

Coding gets exciting (07/26/2011)

Report: Global imaging market to hit $26.6B by 2016 (07/26/2011)

ECRI offers OR integration advice (07/26/2011)

Health Net Federal scores N.M. VA contract (07/26/2011)

AR: Temporal subtraction improves chest x-ray CAD (07/26/2011)

CareFusion and ResMed ink ventilator agreement (07/26/2011)

NEJM: Proposed human subject research regs may need revising (07/26/2011)

eHI survey: HIE landscape in transition (07/26/2011)

Toshiba to demo cardiac imaging systems at PICS-AICS (07/26/2011)

HHS revising human research regulations, seeks public comment (07/25/2011)

JAMA: Data mining can detect unexpected drug interactions (07/25/2011)

GE's x-ray leadership moving to China (07/25/2011)

AAMI releases sterilization benchmark platform (07/25/2011)

Halamka to step down as CIO of Harvard Med (07/25/2011)

Image-enabling the enterprise (07/23/2011)

AAO offers EHR checklist for ophthalmology (07/22/2011)

Cherokee Nation receives first Medicaid EHR payments (07/22/2011)

Nanosensor 'tattoo' tracks blood concentrations through iPhone (07/22/2011)

DrChrono offering M*Modal tech on iPad app (07/22/2011)

Radiology: Biopsy commonly understages invasive breast cancer (07/22/2011)

EHRs: Where do we go from here? (07/22/2011)

Telemedicine: Know why you're doing it (07/22/2011)

NEJM: Vt. single-payor plan reduces waste, hassle (07/21/2011)

Shuren endures criticism of FDA review process (07/21/2011)

Survey: Patients worried about security of health info in EHRs (07/21/2011)

Small Hospitals, Big IT Ideas (07/21/2011)

From the Editor: What You Want vs. What You Get (07/21/2011)

Master Patient Index: If You Build It, Will the Data Come? (07/21/2011)

EHR certification update 7.22.11 (07/21/2011)

Pilot study on pancreatic cancer detection begins enrollment (07/21/2011)

Driving Better Decision-making: Clinical Knowledge Support Integrated into the EMR (07/21/2011)

Health Affairs: Public health spending influences outcomes (07/21/2011)

HIE Profile: Nevada HIE Is Cleared for Takeoff (07/21/2011)

ACOG recommends annual mammos starting at age 40 (07/21/2011)

ACR urges radiologists to fight Medicare cuts (07/21/2011)

EHRs: Getting to Meaningful Usability (07/21/2011)

E-Prescribing Federal Incentives Are Driving Adoption (07/21/2011)

FDA clears Siemens neuro package (07/21/2011)

The AMDIS Connection: EHR Usability Is in the Eye of the Beholder (07/21/2011)

JAMA: Health IT has a larger role to play in patient safety (07/21/2011)

Intel-GE technology connects physicians, seniors (07/21/2011)

Radiology: MRI shows disrupted brain connectivity in post-concussive patients (07/21/2011)

JAMIA: Canada has advice for U.S. on national health IT policy (07/21/2011)

Interoperability may rest on reduced optionality (07/20/2011)

Radiology: MRI reveals brain abnormalities in OCD patients (07/20/2011)

Philips to partner with Masimo on rainbow SET technology (07/20/2011)

OIG: Lack of data stymies Medicaid EHR incentive verification (07/20/2011)

Report: European CPOE market to reach $173.5M in five years (07/20/2011)

Article: For best QI results, look beyond meaningful use (07/20/2011)

Report: Effective home health hinges on human factors (07/19/2011)

New defibrillation technique found to reduce energy (07/19/2011)

Childrens Medical Center Dallas inks BI deal (07/19/2011)

ADP AdvancedMD enhances its cloud-based EHR (07/19/2011)

Canon and Md. university team for infectious disease diagnosis (07/19/2011)

AMDIS: Will the political climate change meaningful use funding? (07/19/2011)

Webinar: ONC HIE efforts gearing up (07/19/2011)

Report: Healthy growth for hospital info systems; U.S. leads way (07/19/2011)

AHIMA: ACOs may transform information managers role (07/18/2011)

Sodexo selects Xenex room disinfection system (07/18/2011)

Study: Patient-centered medical home can better diabetic outcomes (07/18/2011)

Report: HIE tally jumps 9 percent, to 255 (07/16/2011)

CMS to pilot e-submission of medical documentation (07/15/2011)

Study: CHCs' EHR data may be more concise than Medicaid claims data (07/15/2011)

Polyglot, CarePoint team up for med management (07/15/2011)

Barton joins NCQA as VP (07/15/2011)

Surveys: Patient dissatisfaction is global (07/15/2011)

AMDIS: CMIOs need to become more business savvy, survey shows (07/15/2011)

Mayo Clinic launches social network (07/15/2011)

AMDIS video: Informatics award shines light on Military ED module (07/15/2011)

AMDIS video: To whom do CMIOs report? What does that mean? (07/15/2011)

AMDIS video: Bria highlights challenges facing CMIOs (07/15/2011)

Happy birthday, MU (07/15/2011)

NEJM: One year in, new payment model yields modest savings (07/14/2011)

EHR certification update 7.15.11 (07/14/2011)

Survey: Paper records will linger at some hospitals (07/14/2011)

Extension enters Android market (07/14/2011)

Kalorama: Orthopedic biomaterials market to experience double-digit growth (07/14/2011)

Six systems join CCHIT EACH-certified roster (07/14/2011)

AMDIS: CMS probed on bulk registrations for meaningful use (07/14/2011)

AMDIS: Medication reconciliation remains challenging (07/14/2011)

Health Affairs: Mass. program could be U.S. model (07/14/2011)

JAMA: Breast, colon cancer screening needs change with age (07/13/2011)

PET brings findings to light (07/13/2011)

Sermo app links physicians to clinical knowledge in real time (07/13/2011)

KLAS: Top interface engines have an interoperability edge (07/13/2011)

Board dissolves ICQV, endorses AMGA (07/13/2011)

Hamilton named PointClear CMIO (07/13/2011)

GE ups Centricity Practice Solution 10 (07/13/2011)

Aramark earns ISO medical device certification (07/13/2011)

Meaningful use turns 1 (07/13/2011)

HIMSS Webinar: RFID improves asset management (07/13/2011)

AIM: Interventions uninspiring in telemedicine BP study (07/12/2011)

KLAS: Private HIEs growing faster than public exchanges (07/12/2011)

Parallels, Microsoft partner to boost cloud usage (07/12/2011)

Quality Health Network welcomes two more Colo. orgs (07/12/2011)

Four states launch Medicaid EHR incentive programs (07/12/2011)

Texas center installs Siemens urology workstation (07/12/2011)

Medicsight, Ziosoft ink U.S. partnership (07/12/2011)

Health Affairs outlines PPACA court challenges to date (07/12/2011)

MarcTec objects to Cordis' $5M award (07/11/2011)

Canon gains health IT entry via Median Technologies (07/11/2011)

W. Va. REC selects Greenway EHR (07/11/2011)

Medicaid first payor to join Wash. HIE (07/11/2011)

Teleradiologist found guilty of fraud (07/08/2011)

Six European countries collaborate on transnational telemedicine (07/08/2011)

Medtronic to buy surgical device firms for $645M (07/08/2011)

Report: Patients overpaying for imaging (07/08/2011)

UCLA Health System settles HIPAA suit (07/07/2011)

Symantec, Allscripts debut security risk assessment tool (07/07/2011)

ACR: Medicare cuts arbitrary, undermine care (07/07/2011)

ONC rep confirms Mostashari's support for Stage 2 delay (07/06/2011)

ECRI launches market analytics service (07/06/2011)

DMS inks mobile MRI deal with SD provider (07/06/2011)

Ochsner brings tele-ICU system to New Orleans (07/06/2011)

KLAS: Integration differentiates CIS vendors (07/06/2011)

AAMI: Improved preventive maintenance can save technician hours (07/06/2011)

AAMI: UC Davis gets interoperable for patient, device data (07/05/2011)

Eizo to release new medical monitors (07/05/2011)

Study: Stopping life-sustaining therapy is top cause of death in NICU (07/05/2011)

Virtua Voorhees Hospital: Patient-Centric Design for Smarter Care (07/05/2011)

PSO Transforms Smallest State Into Patient Safety Giant (07/05/2011)

Improving the Patient Experience: From Ideal to Imperative (07/05/2011)

JACR: Self-referrals cost billions in potentially unnecessary exams (07/02/2011)

KLAS: Specialist consultants best vendors at IT implementation (07/02/2011)

MGMA: New reimbursement models are practices top worry (07/01/2011)

Google Health wasn't too big to fail (07/01/2011)

HRSA: $100K grants will support Beacon health centers (07/01/2011)

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