Healthcare group purchasing organization Amerinet has selected  4medica as a healthcare IT connectivity supplier to the organization's 2,729 hospital members.

Dynamic 11C-PiB PET can be used to measure cerebral beta-amyloid deposition in Down syndrome, according to a study published online March 14 in the Archives of Neurology.

Controlled Power has launched its new Model ES uninterruptible power system, which provides conditioned, continuous back-up power to critical applications.

Diversified Medical Equipment & Supplies (DMES) has launched a new Home Care Medical Supply division, with plans to service the state of California. The company has already begun servicing patients out of its Southern California office and is currently developing the Northern California location to be operational by April 1. 

The American Medical Association (AMA) has introduced a mobile application to assist physicians as they search for Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) billing codes.

Abbott has received clearance from the FDA to begin marketing i-STAT 1 Wireless, a wireless version of the company's point-of-care testing system.

A digital divide appears to exist among primary care patients adopting an online personal health record (PHR), according to The Digital Divide in Adoption and Use of a PHR, a report in the March 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

Eduardo Locatelli, MD, has been appointed CMIO of Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.