Allscripts-Misys has announced robust financial results for the fiscal 2010 fourth quarter and fiscal year, which ended May 31.

PHILADELPHIAWhat began as single-slice CT scanning has now evolved into dynamic volume scanning, utilizing as many as 320 detectors. The possibilities for wide-area detector technology include consistently low radiation exposure for coronary CT angiography (CCTA), as well as myocardial perfusion imaging, kinetic opacification slopes that distinguish between normal and diseased arteries and vascular profiling, according to Frank Rybicki, MD, PhD, who spoke July 21 at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).

GE Healthcare, in collaboration with Cincinnati Childrens Medical Center in Ohio and the Davis Heart and Lung Institute of the Ohio State University, was awarded a $1 million grant for the development of scanning devices for pediatric patients.

GE Healthcare IT has updated its Centricity Enterprise EMR clinical, financial and administrative software package. The company also has integrated two-factor authentication into its Advanced ePrescribing technology for Centricity EMR.

RIS/PACS provider Visage Imaging has released Amira 5.3, a new software platform for visualizing, analyzing and presenting complex 3D and 4D biomedical data.

Thumb MRI and Cleveland Clinic subsidiary Clinical Medical Services have finalized an agreement to bring imaging technology and radiology services to rural Michigan.

Medhost has launched Care Clock, software that allows hospitals to publish current emergency department (ED) wait times on their websites so patients can make more informed decisions about where to seek care for non-urgent problems.

For home health agencies, homecare-specific vendors' focus and attention generally outweigh the potential for integration with an enterprise vendor's EMR, according to a KLAS report.