While a patchwork of best-of-breed EHR systems might provide the best clinical solution for different specialists, inpatient and large group leaders balance physician demands with the realities of implementing, interfacing and supporting each solution, according to a report from market research firm KLAS.

Finally! After much speculation about both the latest meaningful use regulations and when the new rule would emerge, Farzad Mostashari, MD, the national coordinator for health IT, made the big announcement during the 2012 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference. Stage 1 will be delayed and the proposed rule for Stage 2 meaningful use is out

Radiation therapy departments nationwide are increasingly interfacing their oncology information systems with an EMR with nearly two-thirds of radiation therapy sites having an EMR or complete patient record available in their oncology information systems, according to IMV Medical Information Division.

Acuo Technologies, a medical image management service developer, has integrated its Universal Clinical Platform (UCP3) software with enterprise cloud storage services provider Nirvanixs public, hybrid and private cloud storage services.

After much speculation, the proposed rule for meaningful use Stage 2 has finally arrived. I was in the Las Vegas ballroom when Farzad Mostashari, MD, the national coordinator for health IT, announced the highlights of the rule which primarily focuses on patient engagement, information exchange and clinical decision support. The audience cheered when it was conveyed that Stage 1 would be delayed and when Mostashari referred to efforts to increase flexibility and decrease regulatory burden.

Varian Medical Systems will acquire InfiMed, which supplies workstations including hardware and software for processing x-ray images.

Health Canada has issued a medical device license for the Carestream DRX-Revolution mobile x-ray system, approving its use by healthcare facilities in Canada.

More than 27,000 eligible professionals (EPs) are expected to attest for meaningful use for the first time in 2012, according to an informal poll of Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS) members conducted by AMDIS in collaboration with Doctors Helping Doctors Transform Health Care.