Precision Medicine

Also called personalized medicine, this evolving field makes use of an individual’s genes, lifestyle, environment and other factors to identify unique disease risks and guide treatment decision-making.

Visage updates enterprise imaging platform

Visage Imaging, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pro Medicus, has released Visage 7.1, the latest version of the Visage 7 enterprise imaging platform.

HIMSS: Nuvon announces new data tools

Nuvon announced its new Nuvon Vitals and Nuvon Mobile Device Manager at the 2012 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference.

HIMSS: Awarepoint updates RTLS line

Awarepoint launched a new version of its aware360Suite of real-time location systems (RTLS) tools at the 2012 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference.

HMS, Certify Data Systems form HIE alliance

Certify Data Systems and Healthcare Management Systems (HMS) announced a new partnership through which Certifys health information exchange (HIE) software and hardware will be made available by HMS to its current and future customers.

HIMSS: HP announces Healthcare Alliance program

HP launched a new healthcare affiliate program that combines offerings from independent software vendors with hardware from HP at the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) conference last week

N.C. hospital taps Philips for 3T MR

CarolinaEast Medical Center in New Bern, N.C. plans to install Philips Healthcare Ingenia 3T MR system.

HIMSS: Lawson introduces Clinical Bridge

Lawson Software, an Infor affiliate, announced the availability of Lawson Clinical Bridge at the 2012 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Las Vegas.

CMIOs share early thoughts on Stage 2 meaningful use

Buzz from last week's announcement of the notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for Stage 2 of meaningful use pertaining to the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs has settled into efforts to understand just how the new requirements affect providers. In recent exclusive interviews, CMIOs of Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, Va., and St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington, Del., offered early opinions on the NPRM.

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