The patient-centered medical home model taps a variety of technologies, entering the care continuum at an earlier stage and potentially providing better integration among providers. However, cultural change can be as big an obstacle as technical challenges, according to early adopters.

Hospitals and medical practices alike are spending more to safeguard patient information, according to the 2010 HIMSS Security Survey, but still spend less than the average in other industries.

Hospitals with fewer than 150 beds are focusing less on traditional community clinical information systems (CIS) vendors and more on large hospital CIS vendors, according to a new KLAS report.

The FDA has cleared GE Healthcare's patient monitoring application Carescape Monitor B650.

Phillips Royal Electronics and Electron have developed and installed the first Russian-produced CT scanner at the Hospital of War Veterans in St. Petersburg, Russia.

GE Healthcare displayed its new Radiation Oncology Options for the 1.5T Optima MR450w at the annual meeting for the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), Oct. 31 through Nov. 2 in San Diego.

Evaluations of the impact of health IT on quality and safety show mixed results, but often are missing critical information, according to a new summary report, "Incorporating Health IT into Workflow Redesign," prepared by the University of Wisconsin-Madisons Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement.

Resting state networks largely emerge during the period of rapid neural growth in the third trimester of gestation, suggesting that formation takes place before the acquisition of cognitive competencies in later childhood, found a study published Nov. 1 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).