Central Penn Management Group (CPMG), a management services organization in Central Pennsylvania, has selected the Allscripts EHR for Physicians Alliance Limited, a 120-provider, independent multispecialty group that CPMG manages.

In 20 years, approximately 72 million older adults will reside in the U.S., almost double the current number, according to the U.S. Administration on Aging. An interdisciplinary team of University of Missouri researchers is refining EHR technology to meet increasing healthcare demands, including the potential projected shortage of healthcare workers needed to provide elder care.

MRI changed the diagnosis of 100 percent of children with a tentative diagnosis of SalterHarris I fractures of the distal fibula in a small prospective study published in the August issue of Injury.

Smartphones are quickly becoming a way of life for medical professionals where 62 percent of specialists and 55 percent of primary care physicians report having one, and roughly 85 percent to 90 percent of those who have them are using them for internet and for email, according to a survey from Knowledge Networks using the Physicians Consulting Network.

Physicians should use diffusion MRI instead of CT to diagnose ischemic stroke, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology, published in the July 13 issue of Neurology.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Quality Insights of Pennsylvania to develop and maintain quality measures for the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). PQRI Measure 130, Documentation & Verification of Current Medications in the Medical Record, has been referred for further action in an effort to remove National Quality Forum time-limited endorsement status of the measure.

Anthony P. Catinella, MD, has been promoted to CMIO at University Physicians Healthcare (UPH), based in Tucson, Ariz. In this position, he will head up the use and development of IT systems to store and access medical information in the clinical environment in all UPH hospitals and clinics.

athenahealth has named Dev Ittycheria to its board of directors, increasing the number of directors to eight, according to the Watertown, Mass.-based developer of web-based practice management, EHR and patient communication services to medical groups.