Omnicell has unveiled its fourth-generation Omnicell G4 platform that includes 11 products for medication and supply automation management.

Eighty percent of emergency physicians said that emergency visits are increasing despite healthcare reform and changes in reimbursement, and almost 97 percent of these visits were referred by primary care physicians, according to a survey released April 28 by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). These results defy the commonly held assumption that patients are choosing to go to the emergency department for non-emergency care rather than primary care, ACEP stated.

Annual mammograms provide the same outcomes as interval mammograms at lower healthcare costs for women undergoing follow-up for breast conserving therapy (BCT), according to a study presented April 29 at the Cancer Imaging and Radiation Therapy Symposium in Atlanta, co-sponsored by the American Society for Radiation Oncology and Radiological Society of North America.

Healthcare isnt banking, but the secure technology widely used for bank cards that helps to thwart theft may have applications in healthcare.

Athenahealth, a Watertown, Mass.-based provider of internet-based business services for physician practices, released financial and operational results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011.

ImageWorks has released NewTom VGi Flex Cone Beam CT scanner as a mobile offering.

The hospital district of Helsinki and Uusimaa will implement Agfa HealthCare's IMPAX 6.5 PACS at its HUS-Rntgen medical imaging centers.

Wolters Kluwer Health has entered into an agreement to acquire Lexi-Comp, a global provider of drug information and clinical content for pharmacists and clinicians. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.