Dell's buying spree continues as the company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SecureWorks, an Atlanta-based provider of information security services.

Although much smaller than other mobile app market segments, the medical app category is slowly gaining market share, and revenues are expected to more than double in 2010 over 2009, according to healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated its Physician Directory tool with Physician Compare, a tool that expands doctor-specific information into the suite of informational tools for Medicare beneficiaries and other consumers.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has approved EHR Doctors C32 continuity-of-care document (CCD). 

Researchers from Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle have found that clinical decision support (CDS) systems can help reduce inappropriate medical imaging, including unnecessary CT and MRI scans, according to a study in this month's issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

The use of smartphones to transmit ECGs from the ambulance to the University Hospital in Newark, N.J., has demonstrated improved patient outcomes.

Treatment with the anti-smoking medications bupropion and varenicline was associated with diminished cravings, weakened withdrawal symptoms and reduced activation in regions of the brain associated with cravings and withdrawals from smoking, according to a pair of studies published online Jan. 3 in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

As CMIO celebrated the end of 2010, we were also looking ahead to what promises to be a pivotal year for healthcare in general and healthcare IT in particular.