Joint Commission Resources, an affiliate of the Joint Commission, has launched a new consulting service that will provide an objective evaluation of technology with a patient safety focus.

A February report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on health information exchanges (HIEs) cited ways that sharing electronic personal health information about a patient has had a positive effect on the quality of care providers deliver to patients.

LifeImage, an Internet service provider of e-sharing for diagnostic imaging information, has released its internet-based Trauma Image Management & Exchange  platform for hospitals, radiology groups and physicians.

E-prescribing in the U.S. witnessed an 181 percent increase as 190 milion prescriptions were routed electronically in 2009 versus 68 million in 2008, according to a report from e-prescription network Surescripts, in its 2009 progess report on e-prescribing. Of the 190 million, more than four million e-prescriptions were routed to mail order pharmacies.

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is questioning whether the current proposed regulations in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) EHR Incentive Program allot enough time for providers to achieve meaningful use before they are penallized.

Information management systems provider DR Systems has added to its list of medical facilities taking part in beta trials of its Electronic Medical Information Exchange (eMix), a cloud-based technology for sharing imaging studies and radiology reports.

ATLANTA--GE Healthcare this week at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2010 Annual Conference & Exhibition rolled out a new clinical knowledge platform and announced the launch of its next-generation eHealth Solutions platform.

ATLANTAIn addition to demonstrating new InDex enterprise archive service features, InSite One also featured one of its actor/roles profiles from the 2010 North America IHE Connectathon at the Interoperability Showcase during HIMSS10 this week.