When the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's (UPMC) pathology department conducted a pathology visualization study, Barco's Coronis Fusion 6MP DL medical display outscored other display modalities in a comparison that included consumer displays and medical displays, when viewing whole-slide images.

Telcares BGM, the blood glucose meter that looks like a cellphone and wirelessly uploads diabetics blood-sugar readings to password-protected websites, will soon be able to send readings to Caregiver, the cloud-based web app created by elder-care company Independa.

We are drowning in information, but starved for knowledge. -Futurist John Naisbitt

Although many U.S. regions escaped significant snowfall this season, experiencing relatively mild winters, the same cannot be said for the landscape of health IT. In fact, it seems to be in the midst of the perfect storm.

Usability is a word that pops up as people start to get serious with any technology. Discussions with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and colleagues from across the U.S. indicate that usability in all dimensions is one of the greatest next steps for us to successfully incorporate health IT into the practice of medicine.

The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) has appointed Kevin Fickenscher, MD, as president and CEO. Fickenscher will replace Ted Shortliffe, MD, PhD, who announced his decision to step down from the position several months ago.

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), a national measurement institute in Teddington, England, has purchased a Flexitron afterloader from Nucletron, an Elekta company.

Sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) proved to be more effective than cutting balloon angioplasty for treatment of drug-eluting stent (DES) in-stent restenosis for focal lesions and are comparable to everolimus-eluting stents for treatment of diffuse DES in-stent restenosis, according to a study published March 20 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.