NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, has entered an agreement with the American Medical Association (AMA) to offer NextGen Ambulatory EHR and NextGen Practice Management on a new AMA online platform.

CDPHP, a physician-founded health plan based in Albany, N.Y., will invest $1 million to compensate 21 primary care and pediatric practices for participating in the second phase of the healthcare plans patient-centered medical home initiative.

The NoliWhite Group, a healthcare facility development company, has begun to incorporate Apples iPad on hospital and other healthcare-related construction sites. 

WellDoc has received FDA 510(k) clearance to market the WellDoc DiabetesManager system to healthcare providers and their adult patients with type 2 diabetes.

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Research and Education Foundation and Siemens Healthcare have announced the two winners of the 2010 Siemens Healthcare/RSNA radiology research grants.

GE Healthcare and Intel have launched a joint venture to create a new healthcare company focused on telehealth and independent living, slated to be operational by the end of 2010.

Jennifer Dyer, MD, MPH, an endocrinologist at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, has developed an iPhone application that sends customized text message reminders to adolescent diabetes patients about their treatment activities. Dyer developed the app after completing a pilot study and concluding that weekly, customized text messages to remind adolescent diabetes patients about their personal treatment activities resulted in an increase in overall treatment adherence and improved blood glucose levels.

Enhanced coordination between the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the FDA for future mobile/wireless broadband (mHealth) medical devices and applications--including imaging requirements--were the topic during a roundtable discussion held during a public meeting last week.