Healthcare IT provider Carestream Health is helping to convert LaGrange, Ga.-based Emory Clark-Holder Clinic from a film to digital workflow with its DRX-1 and Elite CR Systems.

E-prescribing and care communication services company Prematics has entered into a multi-year contract extension with health information exchange (HIE) company Availity.

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, announced $804,000 in new federal funds last week to help Ohio's critical access and rural healthcare facilities utilize health IT.

Due to recent declines in medical imaging reimbursements, which have led to cutbacks in healthcare expenditures, budgetary constraints and postponement of equipment replacement decisions, the digital radiography (DR) market has declined, according to a report released by market research publisher Global Industry Analysts (GIA) Sept. 13.

In response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights' notice of proposed rulemaking on modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security and Enforcement rules under the HITECH Act, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) raised concerns about the sale of patient health information when an organization is being absorbed by a second organization.

Outpatient imaging service provider RadNet has completed the acquisition of the N.J. operating subsidiary of diagnostic imaging service Health Diagnostics in Edison, Old Bridge and Green Brook, N.J.

Healthcare IT provider Viztek has been selected by Paris, Texas-based radiology service PDQ Mobile X-Ray for its OpalRAD web-based PACS and Opal-CR offerings.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced nearly $20 million in new technical support assistance to help critical access and rural hospital facilities make the transition from paper-based medical records to certified EHR technology.