CareFusion's MedMined scored highest in overall performance for infection control vendors ranked in a KLAS report.

Physicians across the practice setting spectrum are adopting mobile technology at a rapid rate, according to a recent study from QuantiaMD. Eighty-three percent of responding physicians reported that they own a mobile device capable of downloading applications and 44 percent of those who do not have a mobile device intend to purchase one in 2011.

WORCESTER, MASS.--Body Area Networks (BANs) are increasingly used for a wide variety of applications, from the healthcare technology field, to use by rescue personnel, the military and NASA. In the medical field, BANs can be utilized for physiological health monitoringsuch as primary vital signs, heart rate, respiration, as well as internal and external body temperaturesand the future potential of the technology is promising.

MR and CT perfusion imaging for acute ischemic stroke is characterized by inconsistency among optimum perfusion values to identify tissue at risk of infarction in acute stroke, according to a review published online June 2 in Annals of Neurology.

MedAssets has launched its MedAssets Bundled Payment Solution, a reimbursement system designed to manage and transact episode of care payments.

The National Library of Medicine (NLM), a medical library and a component of the National Institutes of Health, has launched MedlinePlus Connect, an online resource for accessing information from its MedlinePlus.gov website.

A teamwork approach was key to the success of a Michigan program that improved patient care in more than 100 hospital intensive care units (ICUs), dramatically reducing the rates of potentially deadly central line bloodstream infections, according to study findings published in the June issue of Milbank Quarterly.

Physician alignmentintertwining the interests of physicians and hospitalsis the biggest obstacle to forming accountable care organizations (ACOs), according to a survey from AMN Healthcare Services, a healthcare staffing company.