ORLANDO, Fla.--John E. Mattison, CMIO of Kaiser Permanente Southern California, answered questions about the current role of the Nationwide Health Information Network Direct Project, and how health information exchanges (HIE) could participate, during the town hall portion of the CIO Forum, which is hosted by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), in conjunction with HIMSS11.

Fujifilm Medical Systems (Booth 4750) is showcasing Synapse Mobility, a work-in-progress mobile application enabling remote access to Synapse products from handheld mobile devices that is not yet FDA approved, as well as Macintosh- or Windows-based PCs at the 2011 annual Healthcare Information amd Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting held in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 20 to 24.

ORLANDO, Fla.--Health IT company Sandlot debuted SandlotQRM, its quality reporting and measures application, at the HIMSS11 conference.

Mammography is significantly less sensitive in the detection of breast cancer in women with prior malignancies, leading researchers at once to call for diligent screening in this especially high-risk group and for further investigation into adjunct cancer screening methods, according to a study published Feb. 23 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Covisint, a Compuware company, has announced a partnership with HealthShare Montana, a nonprofit statewide initiative focused on the exchange of healthcare information during HIMSS11. The partnership offers Montana health providers access to patients' medical and administrative information at the point of care, Covisint stated.

MedPlus, a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics, has updated its Care360 EHR with support for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's Direct Project specifications.

Merge Healthcare, a health IT interoperability developer, has announced a net loss among for its financial results for the 2010 fiscal year, despite strong net sales for the year and the 2010 fourth quarter.

Right ventricular failure (RVF) was associated with reversible reduction in left ventricular (LV) free wall mass in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, according to a study in the Feb. 22 Journal of the American College of Cardiology.