Coding firm A-Life Medical will highlight developments with its computer-assisted coding portfolio at the 2009 RSNA meeting in Chicago.  

Whether a patient, referring physician, or radiology professional, it's not your imagination that recommendations for follow-up exams after an initial radiology procedure seem to be increasing. If referral patterns at Massachusetts General Hospital are typical, the number of recommendations has doubled in the past 13 years.  

Carestream Health has signed a multiyear contract with MedAssets Supply Chain Systems' group purchasing association.  

Health information technology is the fastest growing segment of a $1 trillion global healthcare market, according to a new report from Scientia Advisors, a global management consulting firm with dual headquarters in Cambridge, MA and Palo Alto, CA.  

PACS search engine software developer Softek Solutions will be introducing its Illuminate Analytics radiology data mining software at this month's 2009 RSNA meeting in Chicago.  

Speech recognition and software developer Nuance Communications will be showing upgrades to its Closed-Loop Radiology Reporting and Communication software suite at the 2009 RSNA meeting in Chicago.  

U.S. healthcare organizations may be inadequately prepared to deal with security challenges and the requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to maintain privacy and security of patient health data, according to a security survey from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).  

Speech recognition firm Nuance Communications has released updates to its SpeechMagic line.  

RIS firm Swearingen Software has released its new RISynergy Web Products Suite to expand the functionality of its RISynergy RIS.  

Healthcare informatics firm ThinAir Data plans to release a new version of its TeleRIS software at the annual RSNA conference in Chicago later this month.  

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a reminder to medical device manufacturers and their customers regarding cybersecurity for medical devices and their associated communication networks.  

Healthcare IT services organization Oso Healthcare has announced the launch of its new role as premier support provider for open-source RIS/PACS company ClearCanvas.  

Healthcare informatics firm Eclipsys has posted third-quarter results that show the Atlanta firm's revenues and net income falling.  

Healthcare IT firm QuadraMed reported a dip in revenues and net income for the company's third quarter (end-September 30)  

Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has settled a multiyear investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  

Biomedical imaging company Cambridge Research and Instrumentation (CRi) has launched inForm, image analysis software used to automate image processing coupled with advanced learning to train the software to process images.