Imris has received FDA 510(k) approval for its IMRISNV and IMRIScardio, which have the capabilities of both MRI and x-ray angiography in a single suite.

The Certification Commission for Health IT (CCHIT) will launch its new certification programs on Oct. 7. In addition to an updated EHR certification programCCHIT Certified 2011the organization will offer a modular certification program, called Preliminary ARRA 2011, which is limited to the standards for qualifying EHR technology under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to speed up the process through which data can be reported via EHR for the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) P4P Program.

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is cited as a catalyst behind an increasing interest in health informatics and information management at the college level, according to the current issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.

The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) has established a common security framework program to develop criteria and provide consistency in how information security products and services are evaluated.

TeraMedica Healthcare Technology is partnering with Logicalis to provide image management solutions to healthcare providers that are making the move to EHRs.

An automated electronic system that screens intubated ICU trauma patients for acute lung injury (ALI) based on chest x-ray reports and arterial blood gas results is sufficiently accurate to identify many early cases of ALI, according to a single-center validation study in the July/August issue of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

Volcano, a developer of products for the diagnosis of coronary and peripheral artery disease, has entered into a non-exclusive, global resale agreement with Siemens Healthcare.