Cerner has announced that President Trace Devanny will leave the company effective July 16.

RemoteScan has released iRemoteScan for the iPad and iPhone so individuals can remotely operate scanners connected to PCs and workstations.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) issued the final rules on Meaningful Use and Standards and Certification, which providers must follow in order to benefit from the approximate $27.3 billion in financial incentives over 10 years, authorized under the HITECH Acts EHR incentive program.

Central Penn Management Group (CPMG), a management services organization in Central Pennsylvania, has selected the Allscripts EHR for Physicians Alliance Limited, a 120-provider, independent multispecialty group that CPMG manages.

In 20 years, approximately 72 million older adults will reside in the U.S., almost double the current number, according to the U.S. Administration on Aging. An interdisciplinary team of University of Missouri researchers is refining EHR technology to meet increasing healthcare demands, including the potential projected shortage of healthcare workers needed to provide elder care.

MRI changed the diagnosis of 100 percent of children with a tentative diagnosis of SalterHarris I fractures of the distal fibula in a small prospective study published in the August issue of Injury.

Smartphones are quickly becoming a way of life for medical professionals where 62 percent of specialists and 55 percent of primary care physicians report having one, and roughly 85 percent to 90 percent of those who have them are using them for internet and for email, according to a survey from Knowledge Networks using the Physicians Consulting Network.

Physicians should use diffusion MRI instead of CT to diagnose ischemic stroke, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology, published in the July 13 issue of Neurology.