A study by Regenstrief Institute and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs investigators provides some evidence that alert designs more closely match clinical pharmacist mental-models than the mental-models of physician and nurse practitioners in outpatient primary care and specialty clinics.

Smiths Medical is pulling a line of blood glucose monitors from the market because supplies of compatible test strips have run out and no alternatives exist.

Washington, D.C.-based Howard University Hospital has sent a letter to 34,503 patients informing them of a potential disclosure of protected health information that occurred in late January.

Fujitsu Frontech North America and Medi+Sphere Development, a healthcare facilities development company, are working on the establishment of an alliance to deliver customized NuVola Private Cloud appliances that will merge IT with hospital management and operational approaches for the healthcare market.

The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg has invested in the Sectra Visualization Table for use by students in anatomy classes as a complement to dissection exercises.

Outpatient Diagnostic Center of Huntsville has upgraded to the GE Optima 450W MR system.

CHICAGODual-chamber permanent pacing can effectively reduce syncope events in patients with neurally mediated syncope who are over the age of 40, according to a late-breaking clinical trial presented March 26 at the 61st annual American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Session. In fact, one out of three patients could benefit from pacemaker therapy to telp thwart syncope events.

Individual organizations are progressing in their approaches to the development, management and use of integrated data repositories (IDRs) as a means to support a broad array of research, according to survey results from research published online March 21 in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.