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October 2011

ID theft scheme results in 7,300 breach notifications at Emory (10/31/2011)

Four implant manufacturers face likelihood of lawsuits (10/31/2011)

Study: Post-op weakness mitigated by use of acceleromyography device (10/31/2011)

JDI: Virtualization is no replacement for physical network servers (10/31/2011)

GAO: VA's use of medical injury tort claims lacks data completion (10/31/2011)

Study: 36% of patients want to wirelessly send data to docs (10/31/2011)

CHIME: HIE growth continues (10/31/2011)

CHIME: Meaningful use update (10/29/2011)

For first time in 13 years, devices draw more dollars than drugs (10/29/2011)

Report: 75% of providers to purchase HIE tools soon (10/28/2011)

Scripps to install cyclotron for proton therapy (10/28/2011)

Survey: 50% of providers use patient satisfaction to drive doc payments (10/28/2011)

2012 IHE Connectathon registration jumps 20% (10/28/2011)

Parliamentary report slams NHS imaging spending, oversight (10/28/2011)

Ziosoft nabbed, renamed Qi Imaging (10/28/2011)

Radiology: MRI techniques show gray matter changes in MS patients (10/27/2011)

Feature: AMA president parses out pros, cons of ACO rule (10/27/2011)

Baylor connects to AT&T to create enterprise HIE (10/27/2011)

Michigan HIE goes live on NwHIN (10/27/2011)

12 new hospitals connect to Colorado HIE (10/27/2011)

Toshiba introduces 16-channel MR flex coils (10/27/2011)

AJM: Medication nonadherence still high; e-prescribing may help (10/26/2011)

Piedmont utilizes Telehealth Services (10/26/2011)

AIM: Cardiac devices unaffected by handheld metal detectors (10/26/2011)

VA requests info for national mobile device management tool (10/26/2011)

MGMA urges HHS to issue HIPAA 5010 contingency plan (10/26/2011)

Oracle SOA Suite available for healthcare integration (10/26/2011)

Philips releases clinical decision support for ventilators (10/26/2011)

U of Mich. Health System added to Great Lakes HIE (10/26/2011)

Achieving Meaningful Use in Radiology (10/26/2011)

Radiologists Hop Aboard the Meaningful Use Train (10/26/2011)

CMIOs Look Beyond EHR Implementations (10/26/2011)

Digital Dashboards Dig Deep (10/26/2011)

Radiology Workflow Meets Mobile Devices (10/26/2011)

HIE Profile: History Factors Into Minnesota HIE Consolidation (10/26/2011)

The AMDIS Connection: Meaningful Use in Radiology: Potential for Clinical Transformation (10/26/2011)

Meditations on social media (10/25/2011)

CDC: State interoperability improved, but better data exchange needed (10/25/2011)

GE's EHR gremlin may prohibit meaningful use attestation (10/25/2011)

Report: Wireless monitor market grew 23% in two years (10/25/2011)

HHS' primary care demo funds 500 centers with $42M (10/25/2011)

Survey: 75% of larger U.S. physician offices have adopted EHRs (10/25/2011)

Seminar on preclinical imaging planned for December (10/25/2011)

Philips sees uptick in Q2 sales, driven partly by imaging (10/25/2011)

GE, CardioComm extend OEM agreement (10/24/2011)

DoJ, FTC firm up Shared Savings Program policy (10/24/2011)

Premier has mixed feelings on final ACO rule (10/24/2011)

New $100M fund seeks to spur tech innovation, reduce healthcare costs (10/24/2011)

Survey: Most physicians require more EHR training (10/24/2011)

athenahealth rings in strong Q3 (10/24/2011)

Benchmarking Physician Performance: Methods and Metrics (10/23/2011)

Streamlining Utilization: HCA North Texas (10/23/2011)

Optimizing the EMR: Visions and Goals (10/23/2011)

Circ: Two hospital ranking methods found lacking (10/21/2011)

HHS: Final ACO rule issued, could equate to bigger incentives (10/20/2011)

Study: Racial disparities must be overcome with health IT (10/20/2011)

CHIME survey: 26% of CIOs say their orgs qualify for stimulus funding (10/20/2011)

Report: 10 things to know about accountable care (10/20/2011)

CMS releases participation revision for hospitals (10/20/2011)

CMS shifts policy on same-day surgeries at ambulatory centers (10/20/2011)

AAMI renews efforts to reduce clinical alarm fatigue (10/20/2011)

ACC expands PINNACLE registry to include AF patients (10/20/2011)

AHA: Begin practice management changes now (10/20/2011)

Abbott to split its med device, pharma businesses (10/19/2011)

Report: Prior authorization wont cut imaging costs (10/19/2011)

HealthGrades: Best-performing hospitals earn their stars (10/19/2011)

CMS: Time to renew conditions of participation in Medicare, Medicaid (10/19/2011)

Tennessee provider heads to the cloud with athenahealth software (10/19/2011)

Risk-Based Maintenance Carries Its Weight: Smarter Equipment Strategies Mean Safer Patient Care (10/19/2011)

JAMA Feature: HF hospitalization rate declines by almost 30% (10/19/2011)

CMIOs: Expect workarounds (10/18/2011)

Commonwealth Fund: U.S. healthcare system gets low scores (10/18/2011)

Healthcare start-ups grab largest share of angel investments (10/18/2011)

HP, Lucile Packard Childrens develop bedside 'dashboard' (10/18/2011)

3M Health unveils practice management software (10/18/2011)

JACC: MRI could become effective tool in monitoring lipid therapy (10/18/2011)

NVIDIA outfits molecular imaging lab with display wall (10/18/2011)

Orion Health to purchase Microsoft's HIS; will co-market HIE (10/18/2011)

14 critical access hospitals join Nebraska HIE (10/17/2011)

CSC to providers: Start using social media today (10/17/2011)

Study: 2011 merger activity to surpass 2010 by 20% (10/17/2011)

GE, NYeC team up to increase physician EMR use (10/17/2011)

McKinney tapped as CEO of N.Y. HIE (10/17/2011)

MedData acquires Data Management (10/14/2011)

Report: Scotland should look to telehealth for better patient care (10/14/2011)

Lost tapes at Nemours affects 1.6M patients (10/14/2011)

Survey: U.K. patients demand security for their records (10/14/2011)

SonoSite rolls out noninvasive fluid management system (10/14/2011)

Mirada debuts software enabling PET/MR fusion (10/14/2011)

Senators introduce act to ease medical device regulations (10/14/2011)

Two N.Y. HIEs align (10/14/2011)

NEJM: Mind your taxes (10/14/2011)

ONC, Health 2.0 launch meaningful use app contest (10/13/2011)

Draeger releases Innovian Anesthesia 4.0 (10/13/2011)

Thomson Reuters debuts infection tracking dashboard (10/13/2011)

Cerner adopts Nirvanix cloud technology (10/13/2011)

ECRI webinar: Medical device connectivity still plagues providers (10/13/2011)

HIMSS: Hospitals will have to shell out millions for ICD conversion (10/12/2011)

Inmate shot, killed while trying to escape imaging facility (10/12/2011)

Accusoft acquires Adeptol (10/12/2011)

Improving image quality, diagnosis with advanced viz (10/12/2011)

KLAS: Meditech v.6 is costly, 'half-baked' (10/12/2011)

Cook County adopts GE patient safety system (10/12/2011)

Survey: Hospital hiring-spree of docs to see upswing (10/12/2011)

GE Healthcare launches surface MRI coils (10/11/2011)

Med device salespeople urged to better understand hospital needs (10/11/2011)

Mercom posts strong Q3 numbers in health IT sector (10/11/2011)

Grassley questions HRSA public database shutdown decision (10/11/2011)

St. Jude updates mobile notifications to remote patient monitoring (10/11/2011)

GAO: Additional security needed to address cloud computing concerns (10/11/2011)

Study: Family history has greater role in Alzheimers than previously thought (10/11/2011)

Army cardiologist fined after accepting funds from Guidant (10/10/2011)

Survey: CIOs now driven more by budgets, collaboration (10/10/2011)

U.S. biopharma, medical device firms take an investment hit (10/10/2011)

Commonwealth Fund releases framework for healthcare policy (10/10/2011)

CMS: 20.5M take advantage of free wellness, screening visits (10/10/2011)

UCSF nabs $5M grant to develop new MRI technology (10/10/2011)

Former Medtronic CEO exits retirement early to helm Immucor (10/10/2011)

HHS receives recommendations on clinical metrics (10/08/2011)

Smartphones can become health monitors (10/08/2011)

Feature: Putting practices in place to curb HF readmissions (10/07/2011)

CSC faces fraudulent charges on nationwide U.K. IT contract (10/07/2011)

Stanford breach affects 20K, suit seeking $20M in damages (10/07/2011)

JACR: Appropriate use is top strategy to optimize rad dose in abdominal CT (10/07/2011)

FDA green-lights GEs Discovery MR (10/07/2011)

Basu moves from White House to vRad (10/07/2011)

Health Affairs: New framework to join public health, healthcare agencies afoot (10/06/2011)

Merge aligns with Dell on cloud-based services (10/06/2011)

NCI grants Harris $37M contract for clinical data management (10/06/2011)

NEJM: Healthcare reform jurisdictional issues are not cut-and-dry (10/06/2011)

Survey: Change 510(k) process, don't abandon it (10/06/2011)

Survey: Cloud computing implementation low (10/06/2011)

AHIMA: Failing to see healthcare quality as a science is 'huge mistake' (10/05/2011)

JAMA: Bedside clinicians played key role in tele-ICU study (10/05/2011)

Report: MRI trials safe for children except with contrast, sedation (10/05/2011)

JAMIA: Duke unlocks cohort identification potential (10/05/2011)

Lancet: MRI technique may open window for stroke therapy (10/05/2011)

Verizon, Duke to tackle health IT efforts as one (10/05/2011)

Stanford to defend itself against class action suit on data breach (10/05/2011)

Merge seeks to sweeten image exchange (10/05/2011)

NEJM: Patient-centered gov't institute sets to raise healthcare bar (10/04/2011)

AHIMA: ICD-11 on horizon, but providers must get through ICD-10 first (10/04/2011)

NCQA kickstarts patient feedback program for medical home (10/04/2011)

HIMSS creates ICD-10 readiness pilot, calls for vendor participation (10/04/2011)

NQF names Kennedy VP for health IT (10/04/2011)

FDA exec takes seat on AAMI standards program (10/04/2011)

AHIMA Keynote: Leading at the speed of trust (10/04/2011)

Frawley named AHIMA's president-elect for 2012 (10/04/2011)

KLAS: Are EDIS living up to expectations? (10/03/2011)

Illinois pros form HIE, select Medicity for platform (10/03/2011)

Va. AG appeals healthcare reform decision to Supreme Court (10/03/2011)

Philips releases latest telehealth tool (10/03/2011)

FDA clears diaphragm system to treat Lou Gehrigs disease (10/03/2011)

Lancet: Intraoperative MRI helps optimizes brain tumor resection (10/01/2011)

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