PACSGear, a distributor of imaging connectivity for EHRs, has signed the Fundao Instituto de Pesquisa e Estudo de Diagnstico por Imagem in So Paulo, Brazil, as its first site in Latin America.

The Advancing Patient Safety Coalition has urged FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, MD, to issue a proposed rule to establish a unique device identification (UDI) system for medical devices in a letter last week.

Intrinsic Imaging, a bio/pharmaceutical medical imaging services developer, has entered a technology agreement with health IT provider Merge Healthcare, in which Intrinsic will implement Merges new Clinical Imaging Management System (CIMS).

The Georgia Health IT Regional Extension Center has selected the Coalition of Athens Area Physicians to become a local extension center to assist physicians and nurse practitioners in the adoption of EHRs in northeastern Georgia.

HP has introduced HP EHReady, which supports the adoption of EHRs among hospitals and physicians by offering to physicians the ability to stay connected through an integrated EHR patient network.

Cerner has announced that President Trace Devanny will leave the company effective July 16.

RemoteScan has released iRemoteScan for the iPad and iPhone so individuals can remotely operate scanners connected to PCs and workstations.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) issued the final rules on Meaningful Use and Standards and Certification, which providers must follow in order to benefit from the approximate $27.3 billion in financial incentives over 10 years, authorized under the HITECH Acts EHR incentive program.