Three affiliated academic institutions in New York City have enlisted the sponsorship of an industry player in the data acquisition, instrument control and machine vision space to launch a multimillion-dollar research center aimed at advancing wireless healthcare.

ORLANDO, Fla.Real healthcare reform will require robust systems of health information exchange. Practice-focused business decisions have made cooperation among providers challenging in the past, but a number of factors have aligned which could force a change toward more sharing of critical patient information, according to a presentation Aug. 13 at the 40th annual meeting of AHRA: the Association for Medical Imaging Management.

Patient-coordinated electronic exchange could remove privacy and security doubts surrounding the sharing of imaging results, according to research published August 11 by the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 

Computerized provider order entry (CPOE) and clinical decision support (CDS) improve order set usability and decrease providers cognitive workload while increasing adherence to established clinical guidelines, according to research published in the September issue of Pediatrics.

This weeks top stories bring two more hospital data breaches, both at large healthcare facilities on the West Coast.

Bon Secours Virginia Medical Group has engaged in a transformative journey regarding patient engagement, Robert Fortini, vice president and chief clinical officer for Bon Secours Health System, explained during an Institute for Health Technology Transformation presentation.

Toshiba America Medical Systems has opened the Toshiba MR Research Center in Irvine, Calif.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has awarded more than $4 million in six health IT grants to healthcare providers to expand access to substance abuse treatment.