Carestream Health (Booth 1348) is showcasing its newest cloud-based eHealth PACS and eHealth Portal Services, Carestream Clinical Data Archive and Carestream RIS at the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual meeting to be held in Orlando, Fla. from Feb. 21 through Feb. 24.

Technology market research firm Black Book Rankings shared results of a four-month user poll to determine the highest ranked EHR/EMR inpatient organizations for 2011.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has launched a number of initiatives under its Standards and Interoperability (S&I) Framework Program to support the development of healthcare specifications in order to facilitate wider use of standards and an increased level of health IT interoperability across the U.S.

CMIO.net presents a weekly update of the EHR products certified by the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies (ONC-ATCBs). The following EHR certifications were announced recently:

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched a  listserv about the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs, which will provide information about these programs, including registration and attestation updates, details about the payment process and additional information for navigating the EHR incentive programs.

With a new investment program, Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) is funding EMR systems in community-based practices and outpatient settings throughout Canada via a $380 million fund designed to focus investment at the points of care. Canada Health Infoway is a nonprofit organization funded by the Canadian government.

McKesson is teaming with more than 25 regional extension centers in the U.S. to help physicians become meaningful users of certified EHR technology to improve primary care and qualify for federal funding.

Doctors Imaging Group in Gainesville, Fla., has selected Carestreams dual-detector DRX-Evolution wireless system for the practices DR suite.