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September 2011

AIM: Social media sites may enhance diabetes management (09/30/2011)

Data breach impacts 4.9 million military patients (09/30/2011)

Amcom gets 510(k) for alert notification tech (09/30/2011)

Insight Agents becomes Agfa HealthCare Imaging Agents (09/30/2011)

IHE-Europe moves Connectathon to Bern (09/29/2011)

PACSGear unveils initiative to integrate images to the EHR (09/29/2011)

Obama, DoJ urge Supreme Court to hear healthcare reform case (09/29/2011)

HHS seeks comment on payor database (09/28/2011)

Stolen laptop ends with 14K apology letters to patients (09/28/2011)

$103M of healthcare reform going to fight chronic disease (09/28/2011)

iPractice Group completes deal for Doctors Access (09/28/2011)

UTHealth goes mobile for behavioral sciences research (09/28/2011)

The Physicians Voice in IT: Defining CMIO Roles & Responsibilities (09/28/2011)

Leadership & Gardens (09/28/2011)

UCLA to deploy ViewRay radiotherapy system (09/28/2011)

Oklahoma Heart Hospital: Taking Patient Data & Integration To Heart (09/28/2011)

Clinical Documentation: When Is There Too Much Information? (09/28/2011)

Using Carrots to Make EMRs & Quality Initiatives Palatable (09/28/2011)

Getting to Know Your Order Sets (09/28/2011)

HIE Profile: Inland Northwest Health Services: Building a Strong Sustainability Model (09/28/2011)

The AMDIS Connection: Mobile Technologies Deliver What Doctor's Need (09/28/2011)

JACR: Process improvements, same-day MRI saves $330K (09/28/2011)

Establishing trust for a successful HIE (09/27/2011)

AIM: EHR reminders, panel management power elderly primary care (09/27/2011)

ImageIQ teams with Anderson Orthopaedic Research Institute (09/27/2011)

Mobile app helps manage diabetes (09/27/2011)

Stage 1, Meaningful use deadline looms: Oct. 3 (09/27/2011)

Bay State medical device makers project growth (09/27/2011)

Electrotherapy device cleared for pain-relief market (09/27/2011)

OptumInsight assists with new Arizona HIE (09/27/2011)

Survey: Only handful of respondents 'familiar' with ACOs (09/26/2011)

Agfa, Barco team up to upgrade diagnostic displays (09/26/2011)

Sanuwave appoints Sparks to board of directors (09/26/2011)

UC, San Diego debuts large data storage cloud (09/23/2011)

CMS creates new system of records for shared savings programs (09/23/2011)

Health Affairs: Clusters of hospitals may improve coordination (09/23/2011)

Remote monitoring market to grow 25% annually, tele-ICU to blossom (09/23/2011)

JAMIA: The woes of e-prescribing controlled substances (09/23/2011)

AJR: Speech recognition linked with errors in half of breast imaging reports (09/23/2011)

PwC: Healthcare is underprepared to protect patient info (09/22/2011)

Michigan HIE links up with Optum for next phase (09/22/2011)

Medtronic wins $101.2M in damages from NuVasive (09/22/2011)

ACR: Obamas debt reduction plan could raise imaging costs (09/22/2011)

FDA to host MRI safety workshop (09/22/2011)

IHT2: Humana chief says Americans need to get healthier to curb crisis (09/22/2011)

CHIME pushes back on ONC's metadata rule (09/21/2011)

KLAS: ACOs will be the future of healthcare (09/21/2011)

HHS makes recommendations for health text messaging, mHealth (09/21/2011)

U of Delaware biomed engineering program filled to brim (09/21/2011)

GE releases low-dose CT technology (09/21/2011)

Survey: False positives don't scare women from breast screening (09/21/2011)

Four payors pool data to assess nationwide costs, utilization (09/21/2011)

HFSA: Knowing hospitalization history can impact long-term mortality (09/20/2011)

Jones becomes Meditech's lead physician (09/20/2011)

MITA receives Commerce Department funding to increase exports (09/20/2011)

The growth of interoperability (09/20/2011)

HFSA: HF readmissions continue to reflect racial disparities (09/20/2011)

U of Mich. creates computational medicine, bioinformatics dept (09/20/2011)

ONC: New metadata tagging initiative coming (09/20/2011)

HIMSS to Congress: Nationwide patient identifier needed (09/19/2011)

Study: MRI technique detects invasion of jawbone by oral cancer (09/19/2011)

ACC: Cardiologists on the EMR incentive uptake (09/19/2011)

JACR: Data reconciliation has its place in medical imaging (09/19/2011)

CMS lends ICD-10 transition hand (09/16/2011)

Report: Relaxed hospital wireless policies fuel devices growth (09/16/2011)

AHA: Gov't should focus on avoidable readmissions only (09/16/2011)

JAMIA: FDA reports inform health IT safety problems classification (09/16/2011)

Indiana University breach affects 3K patients (09/16/2011)

NEJM: Screening mammography recommended for most women (09/15/2011)

Health Affairs: Real benefit will come later from meaningful use, CPOE (09/15/2011)

AAMI webinar: Guidance to minimize hospital disasters undergoes revision (09/15/2011)

Deltek releases report on healthcare contracting opportunities (09/15/2011)

Idaho's health information network expands (09/15/2011)

Report: SGR reform leads to deficit exposure (09/15/2011)

Washington HIE hooks up with Greenway (09/15/2011)

GE, Veran align for interventional oncology technologies (09/14/2011)

RIQI launches Direct Messaging program (09/14/2011)

New mobile device initiative to test diabetes self-management (09/14/2011)

Endosense appoints new president, CEO (09/14/2011)

Bos Sci names J&J exec as new president, future CEO (09/14/2011)

ONC releases five-year strategic health IT plan (09/14/2011)

IT leaders look back on first year of meaningful use (09/14/2011)

Advanced viz expands beyond radiology (09/14/2011)

New report recommends national quality strategy for healthcare (09/14/2011)

GE's unit to focus on metabolic imaging (09/14/2011)

TCBI: Establishing wireless hospital networks requires planning (09/14/2011)

HIMSS webinar: Blue Cross outlines success with incentivizing ACOs (09/14/2011)

Radiology: Breast MRI may be adjunct screening tool for those with LCIS history (09/13/2011)

Rodriguez named HHS Office for Civil Rights director (09/13/2011)

National Health IT Week: IT can improve quality, create jobs and reduce costs (09/13/2011)

AHA, HSC send Congress mixed message on healthcare consolidation (09/13/2011)

Joint Commission taps 405 hospitals as top performers (09/13/2011)

CMS to examine quality reporting in long-term care orgs (09/13/2011)

HHS initiates patient access to lab results via health IT (09/13/2011)

Report: Reimbursement cuts instill fear in hospital CEOs (09/13/2011)

TCBI: Indiana University Health's ePartners improves care (09/13/2011)

FDA mobile apps workshop: When is a car a medical device accessory? (09/13/2011)

Carestream launches mobile DR (09/13/2011)

MGMA sends suggestions to CMS over HIPAA rule (09/12/2011)

WellPoint, IBM team to apply Watson tech to healthcare (09/12/2011)

JAMIA: How varied is PHR deployment in healthcare orgs? (09/12/2011)

AMA to Congress: Consider the physicians in cutting healthcare costs (09/12/2011)

Ventana releases new digital path slide scanner (09/12/2011)

Health Affairs: Infection interventions could save lives, dollars (09/12/2011)

Radiology: Advanced MRI unlocks mystery of Gulf War syndromes (09/12/2011)

Two hospitals collaborate via McKesson CDS (09/12/2011)

AT&T names Nayyar as first CMIO (09/12/2011)

CMS selects ICD-10 conversion software (09/12/2011)

FDA green-lights Fluke's tester, simulator (09/12/2011)

Forensic engineering firm expands into medical device injury claims (09/12/2011)

Health Affairs: Are ACOs ready for prime time? (09/10/2011)

AHIMA selects Thomas Gordon as new CEO (09/09/2011)

ONC unveils HealthIT.gov (09/09/2011)

AR: Radiation education unlikely to change CT ordering patterns (09/09/2011)

athenahealth releases new physician dashboard (09/09/2011)

Native iPad app powers cloud-based speech recognition (09/09/2011)

Major Stanford breach openly posts medical info online (09/09/2011)

Health Affairs: System-wide quality definition can lead to improved outcomes (09/08/2011)

For now, Obama admin bests Va. healthcare reform challenge (09/08/2011)

Novel CT imaging method may identify premature skull fusion (09/08/2011)

Studies: Insurance access, medical home benefit undocumented children (09/08/2011)

ONC introduces new population health effort (09/08/2011)

AJR: MR-conditional examswhat rads need to know (09/08/2011)

Verizon enhances security services on digital health info (09/08/2011)

California Gov. signs identity theft protection bill into law (09/08/2011)

White House launches health IT initiatives (09/07/2011)

AJR: Web-based event rad reporting system increases efficiency (09/07/2011)

HBMA disagrees with CMS fee schedule from a billing perspective (09/07/2011)

JGIM: eRx assists medication adherence (09/07/2011)

N.C. HIE adds 10 practices to roster (09/07/2011)

Sodexo buys Brazilian service firm for almost $740M (09/07/2011)

Carestream Molecular debuts new preclinical imaging camera (09/07/2011)

Study: MRI may hold key to early autism diagnosis (09/07/2011)

MGMA, AAFP implore CMS to reconsider fee schedule changes, PQRS (09/06/2011)

Study: Higher hospital volumes lead to safer surgeries (09/06/2011)

NEJM: Does meaningful use equal meaningful benefits? (09/06/2011)

KLAS: Oncology IT needs integration/functionality one-two punch (09/06/2011)

NEJM: Healthcare different post-2010 elections (09/02/2011)

JAMIA: A brief history of HIE (09/02/2011)

CSC acquires Maricom Systems (09/02/2011)

Axolotl HIE is now OptumInsight (09/02/2011)

JAMA: Trainee protocols may lead to more evidenced-based care (09/02/2011)

Infusion pump firms exchange suits over patents (09/02/2011)

NEJM: Collaboration necessary to meet global medical device needs (09/01/2011)

NEJM: EHRs associated with high diabetes care (09/01/2011)

New HHS rule seeks private insurance transparency (09/01/2011)

Philips, Aerogen release noninvasive ventilation system (09/01/2011)

JDI: Interventional rad QA can minimize data entry (09/01/2011)

athenahealth unveils cloud-based service (09/01/2011)

Brooklyn HIE rolls out InterSystems EHR (09/01/2011)

Collaborative care saves Tenn. providers $11M, makes them safer (09/01/2011)

IBM likes i2, decides to buy it (09/01/2011)

CMIO Roundtable: Bridging Data & Quality (09/01/2011)

CMS releases e-prescribing incentive program final rule (09/01/2011)

PLoS: Wantedpatient-centered MRI scanners (09/01/2011)

Stroke: Care guidelines for primary stroke centers updated (09/01/2011)

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