Researchers were able to determine with greater than 90 percent accuracy the time of stroke onset using MRI sequencing, offering the potential to extend effective treatment to 25 percent more patients admitted for strokes, according to a study published Nov. 2 in Radiology.

In conjunction with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health ITs (ONC) upcoming personal health record (PHR) Roundtable, ONC is seeking public comments on issues related to PHRs. The public comment period is open through Dec. 10. 

Researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands have developed 3D software that converts MRI datasets into 3D images that map the brains wires.

The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory has selected Bruker Daltonics to design and build a Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance magnet, with a field strength of 21.0 tesla (T).

Reports of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Acts demise might be premature, but the Act or parts of it could take on an altered state after Tuesdays elections. 

Clearly, everyone in marketplace cares about saying 'yes' to the iPad. Healthcare is particularly interested in iPhones and iPads, said Brian Reed, vice president of products at BoxTone, speaking at a HIMSS webinar titled Secure and Manage Enterprise iPads at the Point of Care last week.

GE Healthcare IT unveiled steps it is taking to assist customers in the transition to ICD-10, which will require system and business changes throughout the healthcare industry, at this weeks Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) meeting in New Orleans.

Home healthcare and social services IT developer Sandata and Patient Access Solutions, a Hauppauge, N.Y.-based health IT and financial processing technology company, have signed an agreement to integrate their products for the home healthcare industry.