Developers at the University of Michigan have created an implant that uses the bodys skin like a conductor to wirelessly transmit brain signals to a computer, which the researchers believe the technology is one step forward for reactivating paralyzed limbs.

3M has released a new software application that translates ICD-9 codes to ICD-10.

As the Certified Health IT Product List expands, the U.S. federal government sees the EHR certification program as a big success because of the numbersthe Certified Health IT Product List includes more than 700 products listed, said Karen Bell, MD, MMS, chair of the Certification Commission for Health IT, during the CMIO Summit Clinical T Leadership Forum in Boston last week.

Decision support is not having an observable influence on the medication ordering process that takes place on ward-rounds, according to report published online first in the June 14 edition of the Journal of American Medical Informatics Association.

RegionalCare Hospital Partners, a Brentwood, Tenn.-based health system, has selected Healthcare Management Systems (HMS) to provide clinical and financial applications to its hospitals to support RegionalCares expansion plans.

Medibank and American Well have entered into a long-term agreement to bring Online Care services to Australia and New Zealand through the use of American Well's telehealth technology.

ECRI Institute will be presenting and exhibiting at the AAMI 2011 Conference and Expo in San Antonio from June 25 to 27.

Based on a 40 percent increase in total deal value during the last 12 months, PricewaterhouseCoopers expects the healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and joint venture activity to continue growing through the rest of 2011. The need to reduce costs, increase productivity and develop integrated business models will drive the trend, PwC stated in a mid-year M&A outlook.