VeriTeQ has announced plans to market VeriChip, its passive radiofrequency identification (RFID) microchip, for identifying and tracing the whereabouts of breast implants.

The largest age category in this years CMIO Compensation Survey results was 41 to 45 years old (25 percent). The majority (41 percent) work at a multi-hospital organization, compared to 44 percent of overall respondents. Less than half (48 percent) expect no change in the amount of time they spend on CMIO duties, compared to 68 percent of overall respondents.

Question: Why would you spend $600 on an LP when you can spend $15 on a CD?

About three million people are expected to be using smartphone-powered remote patient monitoring devices by 2016, according to a new report from Juniper Research, a wireless analyst firm headquartered in Hampshire, U.K.

Three Florida healthcare institutions will collaborate to create Personalized Medicine Partnership of Florida (PMP Florida), which will conduct collaborative research on cancer and metabolic diseases.

Data mining applications can greatly benefit all parties involved in the healthcare industry, according to an article published in the February issue of the Journal of Healthcare Information Management.

Accidentally leaving a surgical tool in the body of a patient is a nightmare scenario that surgical teams have traditionally tried to avoid simply by countingand recountingitems used during operations. The University of Michigan (UM) Health System has developed a more modern system which improves coordination with the radiology department in order to prevent such surgical mishaps.

Lawmakers in the commonwealth of Virginia are debating the implications of breast density notification legislation.