November 2011

RSNA: MUfacts and fictions for radiology ()
RSNA: Hospital employment may not work for rads ()
HHS awards $220M for health insurance exchange preparation ()
JAMA: Proposed patient-access policy requires research ()
ONC establishes disciplinary procedure for ONC-AA ()
RSNA: Top tips for photo editing, backup ()
RSNA: IDNs, not ACOs, may be future for hospitals ()
Schock introduces legislation to include rural health clinics in EHR incentive game ()
Surescripts: Majority of physicians e-prescribing ()
Class action suit filed against Sutter over stolen records ()
NEJM: Warfarin culprit for most hospitalizations in elderly; management may help ()
IDC: EMRs/EHR market to hit 80% saturation in U.S. by 2016 ()
KLAS, RSNA detail radiologists MU concerns ()
Home Healthcare Is Reaching Out: Are You Making the Connection? ()
From the CMIO: Meet CMIOs First Editor-at-large ()
From the Editor: Happy to Join You ()
NwHIN, Direct and Connect Provide On-Ramp to Information Superhighway ()
Lab Interoperability Plays Catch Up ()
Practice Management & EHRs: Interface or Integrate? ()
HIE Profile: Big Bend RHIOPanhandlin Patients Information for Change ()
MGMA: Preparing for Healthcares Future Now ()
The AMDIS Connection: At the Beginning of a Data Revolution ()
Banner Health, Aetna partner on ACOs ()
Joint Commission: Doc ordering via text is unacceptable ()
Study: Patient-specific dashboard drives quality care ()
SCAI: How to start PAD & CLI programs ()
2012 CMIO salary survey is now open! ()
HIMSS webinar: E-prescribing has come a long way; needs to go further ()
Feature: Role of chief knowledge officer could be on the rise in healthcare ()
Dell to donate cloud services for pediatric cancer research ()
JIC: Some stents may be prone to error, adverse outcomes ()
New DNA biosensor may improve disease research ()
5,000 N.J. PCPs commit to EHR adoption ()
ONC reaches goal of enrolling 100K PCP in extension centers ()
FDA clears X-spine new spinal implant ()
Sutter's stolen computer contains info on 3.3 million ()
Three EU hospitals tap into HIMSS to assess health IT progress ()
ONC: Engaging the patient, improving care through EHRs ()
PwC: Growing public appetite for healthcare innovation ()
ONC Keynote: $1B up for grabs in healthcare innovation challenge ()
KLAS: Paper-based community hospitals going the way of dinosaurs ()
NIBIB sponsors student challenge to create new technologies ()
RSNA: Radcal, VacuTec partner for dose area product meter release ()
Obama Admin: $20B in payment errors avoided, new pilots launched ()
HealthConnect insurance exchange acquired by Ebix ()
Mercy to open $680M virtual care center ()
Landauer buys IZI Medical for $93M ()
Consumers Union calls for improved medical device safety ()
FDA's Shuren testifies in favor of reauthorizing device user fee ()
Positron makes purchase to enter radioisotope business ()
Conn. med groups ally to drive state reform vehicle ()
CHIME, eHI release HIE guide for CIOs ()
Image Gently, SNM launch pediatric dose reduction campaign ()
Oxford Instruments acquires Platinum Medical Imaging ()
Text4baby receives high grades ()
AMA boos ICD-10, cheers portable med ID ()
Multibillion-dollar growth projected for global radiopharma market ()
Stryker to cut 5 percent of workforce ()
Radiology: Rads rarely guilty of generating high-cost follow-up orders ()
Phillips SpeechMike now compatible with Macs ()
CDC now tracking antibiotic use in hospitals ()
JAMIA: Study of EHRs' impact is inconclusive ()
Wash. center taps Toshiba for cardiac cath imaging ()
eHI: Sustainable HIEs up 33% from 2010 ()
AJR: Subspecialty referral makes no difference for pediatric knee MRI findings ()
Thomson Reuters to build Alabama HIE ()
AHIMA: Regional centers working toward meaningful use ()
RSNA: Dunlee to unveil CT tubes, customer app ()
FDA approves first umbilical-cord blood product ()
Supreme Court to hear healthcare reform case ()
TCT: Platelet function testing is still not ready for prime time ()
Barco unveils video-over-IP system ()
Survey: Most U.S. community hospitals embrace EMRs ()
Bipartisan caucus calls for faster medical device reviews ()
McGraw: Public trust must be established to allow for more IT adoption ()
Novation inks MRI deals with six vendors ()
AJR: US guidance may suffice for renal RFA guidance ()
JAMA: National EHR network proposed ()
NEJM: EHRs should offer adverse event reporting ()
JAMIA: Clinical decision support systems are not cost-effective ()
Mizuho recalls OSI Modular Table Systems ()
$5.3B medical bed market to grow outside of U.S., EU ()
FDA clears low-pressure HSG device ()
IOM: HHS needs to up health IT safety plan; FDA may step in ()
Louisiana unveils statewide HIE ()
HHS lights up HIPAA audit program ()
Vendors and states unite! Data-sharing specs made available ()
Report: Europe no panacea for struggling U.S. health IT vendors ()
Glaser: HIE is foundational in reform ()
Grassley not pleased with HRSA, requests immediate briefing ()
AJR: Lower tube voltage cuts CT angiography dose ()
Alarm hazards, rad exposure top ECRIs top tech problems ()
Systems Made Simple names Nguyen CMIO ()
Health Affairs: Sick adults fare better in medical homes ()
Report: Role of CMIO, nursing execs evolves to support new technologies ()
Radiology: Spinal bleeding with brain injury may suggest child abuse ()
Software glitch causes prescription error across R.I. ()
Report: DR market outpacing traditional x-ray ()
Stolen hard drive affects 16,288 UCLA patients ()
HMS to purchase HealthDataInsights to the tune of $400M ()