The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) has launched a non-profit, wholly owned subsidiary organization, called the Global Health Informatics Partnership, to serve as an international center for collaborative initiatives on healthcare informatics.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has launched Quality 101, an online resource for the basics and metrics of quality measurement and improvement.

The FDA has cleared Haldor Advanced Technologies ORLocate, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) system that accounts for items used during surgery to reduce incidence of surgical items left inside patients.

The IVD Industry Connectivity Consortium (IICC) has appointed Eric Olson, vice president of informatics and eBusiness for Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, as its president.

An MRI exam of sodium ions in human articular cartilage can provide a noninvasive method to diagnose osteoarthritis in its very early stages, according to a study published online Aug. 13 in the Journal of Magnetic Resonance.

In a wavering global economy, it likely wont surprise you that the PricewaterhouseCoopers 13th Annual Global CEO Survey, released in January, showed that close to 90 percent of companies cut costs during the previous 12 months, and 35 percent of respondents outsourced a business process or function.

CAS Medical Systems has appointed Thomas M. Patton president, CEO and a member of its board of directors, effective Aug. 27.

Vision Facilities Management has started a new two-way communication interface with ECRI Institute to improve the ability of hospital staff to manage medical device safety alerts and recalls.