NORWOOD, Mass.Despite Massachusetts' reputation as a national leader in healthcare, "hospitals don't do well in our state," said Lynn Nicholas, FACHE, president and CEO of the Massachusetts Hospital Association, at the New England HIMSS annual Public Policy Forum on Wednesday.

On the day before or on the day of hospital admission, patients who underwent imaging with CT, MRI or nuclear scintigraphy were associated with significantly shorter lengths of inpatient stays compared with patients who underwent advanced imaging later, according to a study published in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

AgaMatrix, maker of blood glucose-monitoring products, and pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis have entered into a partnership to co-develop, supply and commercialize diabetes management technologies.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has released 10 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) investments, totaling more than $63 million in grants, will increase broadband access and adoption in more than a dozen states.

New strides in managing and diagnosing the serious effects of the rare, but deadly thoracic aortic disease (TAD) have pushed the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) to offer new guidelines for the prevention of TAD, a disease almost 10,000 Americans die from each year.

Clinical and revenue cycle and performance management software provider Eclipsys has formed a partnership with Rothman Healthcare Research that will allow the Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Rothman to build its Patient Condition Tracker software on the Helios by Eclipsys platform.

Image-guided therapy solutions provider IMRIS has received clearance from Australias Therapeutic Goods Administration allowing for the marketing of IMRISNV and IMRIScardio in Australia.

Multiparametric 3T MRI for detection of prostate cancer by using T2 weighted MRI, MR spectroscopy and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI can enable the detection of tumors with reasonable sensitivity and specificity values, said a study published in the March issue of Radiology.