WellPoint and IBM have partnered to create the first commercial applications of the IBM Watson technology.

Ventana Medical Systems has released the Ventana iScan HT slide scanner, which holds up to 360 slides and incorporates optical and slide-handling technologies for digital pathology scanning.

After nearly two decades of trial and error, researchers leveraged arterial spin labeling (ASL) perfusion MRI and physostigmine challenge to demonstrate persistent and worsening chronic hippocampal dysfunction in the brains of veterans with Gulf War syndromes, according to a study published online Sept. 13 in Radiology.

Through the use of InterQual Criteria, a clinical decision support tool from McKesson, Banner Health of Phoenix and Morehead Memorial Hospital of Eden, N.C., are creating a common clinical language for payors and providers, and are increasing their collaboration.

AT&T has appointed Geeta Nayyar, MD, MBA, as its first CMIO, where she will guide AT&Ts ForHealth strategy for evidence-based medicine, outcomes, disease management and wellness.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected ICD-10 code translation technology from 3M Health Information Systems to assist the federal agency in converting systems, applications, and reports based on ICD-9 diagnosis and procedure codes into ICD-10 language.

Fluke Biomedical has received the FDAs OK to sell a new multifunction tester and a new quick-check simulator. The agency granted the Everett, Wash.-based company 510(k) clearance on its ProSim 8 and ProSim 4 models.

Rimkus Consulting, a firm that provides forensic consultants and expert witnesses for litigants in need of engineering expertise, has opened a new practice to focus on cases involving medical devices. The launch represents an expansion of the companys forensic healthcare division and includes the addition of a clinical engineering group.