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Siemens taps Glaser as CEO of Health IT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has appointed John Glaser, PhD, as CEO of the company's Health Services business unit.
June 24, 2010
U.S. PACS market rides on replacement sales
By Erik L. Ridley
With more than 99% of hospitals with 100 beds or more already using PACS, market growth will need to come from sales of replacement systems. Fortunately, nearly two-thirds of these hospitals plan to expand or upgrade their PACS during the next three years, says a new report from IMV Medical Information Division.
June 24, 2010
Ind. HIT solicits health info exchange ideas
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The board of Indiana Health Information Technology is soliciting project ideas for a $10.3 million federal grant it received to further expand the use of health information exchanges under the State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program.
June 24, 2010
Patient kiosks deliver benefits to imaging centers
By Cynthia E. Keen
As imaging informatics tools steadily automate many functions of radiology departments and imaging centers, patient kiosks could become a front-office fixture. Hospital admissions and other departments have been early adopters, but radiology facilities are also starting to use kiosks to their workflow and financial advantage.
June 24, 2010
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TEPR founder sees big role for small systems in healthcare
By Eric Barnes
GENEVA - Radiology's once-clandestine toys -- mobile phone apps, iPads, iPhones, and the like -- are rising up to assume a central role in healthcare delivery, according to healthcare IT expert C. Peter Waegemann at the opening session of the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery meeting on Wednesday.
June 23, 2010
MedCurrent adds OrderRight, new execs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare practice management firm MedCurrent has released MedCurrent OrderRight, which links payors, imaging facilities, and physicians with e-ordering technology for patient-specific medical appropriateness information and automated payor preauthorization.
June 23, 2010
HIMSS launches HIMSS Analytics Europe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has announced the formation of HIMSS Analytics Europe to provide healthcare organizations, governments, and IT companies with data resources and services for adopting and using healthcare IT in Europe.
June 23, 2010
Report: U.S. hospitals lag in CPOE adoption
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.S. hospitals have a long way to go to reach the U.S. government's goal of having providers enter at least 10% of orders electronically, according to a newly published report from market research firm KLAS of Orem, UT.
June 21, 2010
CynergisTek signs security reseller deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CynergisTek and NitroSecurity have created a reseller partnership to offer security and compliance technology.
June 21, 2010
AuntMinnie.com Healthcare IT Insider
By Cynthia E. Keen
June 20, 2010
Speedy Web tool guides echocardiography appropriateness
By Eric Barnes
A new Web-based application takes less than a minute to tell physicians if the transthoracic echocardiography test they're pondering is appropriate for the patient. A feasibility study presented at the recent American Society of Echocardiography meeting showed that it can potentially save doctors and patients a lot of time, money, and heartache.
June 20, 2010
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ONC rules on EHR certification
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology has issued a final rule to establish a temporary certification program for electronic health record (EHR) technology.
June 17, 2010
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