Carestream Health displayed the embedded 3D tools on its Carestream Vue PACS workstation at the annual Workstation Face-Off, part of the International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT (ISCT), held June 14, in San Francisco.

Provider organizations have a leadership commitment to create an environment that fosters clinical transformation, but need to improve the information capabilities and human resources to put that strategy into operation, according to a new study from the Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS).

System integration and interoperability were a significant part of the discussions during the recent CMIO Summit Clinical IT Leadership Forum in Boston, both at the podium and in the breaks between the presentations.

The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) and the Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CAQH CORE) have agreed to collaborate on activities related to harmonizing electronic data interchange standards and operating rules across the healthcare industry.

The National Quality Forum (NQF) board has approved an updated list of 29 serious reportable events (SREs). Of those outlined in its report, titled Serious Reportable Events in Healthcare2011 Update, 25 are renewed from the NQFs 2006 report, and four are new events.

Numera has entered into a partnership with HealthTrio.

Implementing five guidelines to reduce the use of mechanical ventilation for premature infants positively impacted outcomes and reduced the cost of care, according to study findings published June 13 in Pediatrics.

Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) can significantly improve the documentation of indications for imaging studies, but more is needed to address overall poor communication of radiology order indications, according to preliminary research published June 13 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.