LAS VEGASMobile systems can allow for on-the-go availability, instant log-in, no required desk space or less time spent waiting for a shared computer, off-site use and the ability of physicians to use their own mobile devices, as well as greater acceptance of EHRs, Afzal ur Rehman, MD, PhD, CMIO, and Rebecca Kennis, clinical systems analyst at United Health Services, explained to a packed house Feb. 21 at the 2012 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference.

Every second countsat least in emergency medicine. This year, HealthGrades has reported 263 hospitals performed in the top 5 percent nationwide in terms of superior emergency care.

Texas Regional Medical Center has chosen Iron Mountain's vendor neutral archive (VNA) and cloud storage system to manage its imaging data.

LAS VEGASAmidst the evolving timeline for a transition to ICD-10, the prospect of postponement is a plus, Robert S. Gold, MD, CEO of DCBA in Atlanta, said during a Feb. 20 session focused on documentation improvement at the 2012 Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference.

GE Healthcare and AirStrip Technologies have launched AirStrip Patient Monitoring, which delivers patient monitoring information to critical-care physicians iPhones and iPads.

LAS VEGASA drive toward more clinical decision support (CDS) is intensifying and consolidating," said Dean F. Sittig, PhD, professor at the University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics in Houston, who served as the moderator of a clinical decision support panel discussion at the 2012 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference on Feb. 20.

Ultrahigh-field strength, T1-weighted magnetization-prepared rapid acquisition and multiple gradient echoes is highly sensitive for detecting multiple sclerosis (MS) plaques within the white and gray brain parenchyma, according to a study published online Feb. 20 in Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Montefiore Medical Center, an academic medical center in Bronx, N.Y., has attested to meeting the meaningful use requirements of the Medicare EHR incentive program.