One-fifth of hospitals surveyed have implemented patient flow products, and nine out of 10 of those current users said they'd make this same choice again, according to a recent study by KLAS.

Orbital Therapy has introduced a Laser Alignment System for its ClearVue prone breast platform.

The American Medical Association (AMA)'s Amagine subsidiary has released its health IT platform, AMAGINE, which provides a range of health IT tools for physicians.

Denver Health has implemented a chronic condition management (CCM) program, based on Microsoft software, to engage  diabetes patients in their care.

Healthcare company MedVantx and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island are collaborating on an initiative to provide Rhode Island patient-centered medical home practices with free, initial courses of prescription and over-the-counter medications via MedStart, MedVantx's sample management system, at the point of care in physician offices.

The global market for medical equipment rental and leasing is forecast to reach $56 billion by the year 2017, according to a recent study from Global Industry Analysts.

The CoStar paclitaxel-eluting stent was proven to be just as safe and effective as a bare-metal stent with the same design, and also had lower rates of restenosis, revascularization and less late lumin loss at eight months, according to the results to the EUROSTAR-II study published ahead of print in the April issue of EuroIntervention.

Attestation for meaningful use incentives began this week and rightfully grabbed the spotlight as the next big test of the program for both providers and federal agencies. Interoperability will play an increasingly important role in Stage 2 and Stage 3 requirements for meaningful use, but there were other major developments that will drive connectivity efforts for years to come. ACO guidelines were also announced in the past month, as was the ONCs proposed plan for federal health IT through 2015.