Presenting last week at a National Institutes of Health (NIH) summit on managing CT radiation dose in Bethesda, Md., representatives from the American College of Radiology (ACR) discussed initiatives for minimizing CT radiation dose ranging from technology and education to public policy and voluntary reporting.

Deborah M. Gage has been named the president and CEO of health IT software developer MEDecision.

Sage Healthcare announced a partnership with HealthUnity to integrate HealthUnitys cloud-based health information exchange (HIE) technology into Sages Intergy EHR. Sage showcased a working prototype of the EHR with HIE cloud technology during HIMSS11 in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 20 to 24.

ORLANDO, Fla.--Security breaches, stolen laptops, destroyed servers: the news in health IT security is rarely good. But dont worryyour turn is coming, said Mark Pasquale, BS, MBA, vice president and CIO of Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, and Steve Bennett, BA, MA, vice president of Kirby Partners, a heath IT recruiting firm in Heathrow, Fla., speaking at a session on crisis communications at HIMSS11 last week.

CMIOs are leading the charge on meaningful use, clinical informatics and integrating physician practicesand theyre in demand, according to a recent survey conducted by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) in cooperation with CMIO.

During the 2011 Healthcare Information Management & Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Orlando, Fla., CSC unveiled Patient in Your Pocket, a wireless clinical integration application for BlackBerry smartphones.

As computerized provider order entry (CPOE) systems come online, organizations are integrating CPOE data into their EMRs to leverage safer and more accurate ordering among providers across multiple settings. But thats just the beginning. Facilities are finding new ways to tap that data to boost clinical decision support in other areas.

Several years ago, I discussed data security with an IT specialist at a defense contractor. He described the measures his company had taken to ensure that hardware and data stayed secure as technology advanced.