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Merge extends Amicas tender offer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has extended its tender offer for Boston-based PACS developer Amicas to 5 p.m. eastern time on April 23.
April 15, 2010
Court OKs MedQuist, CBay buy of Spheris
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has approved the sale of substantially all assets of Spheris to speech recognition and transcription technology provider MedQuist and its majority shareholder CBay.
April 15, 2010
Merge wins NY contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has won a contract with a breast imaging center based in New York state.
April 15, 2010
Medicalis signs Muduroglu as CEO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology decision support developer Medicalis has tapped medical imaging industry veteran Oran Muduroglu as CEO.
April 14, 2010
ACR offers imaging appropriateness app
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has announced the availability of a smartphone application that provides physicians with instant point-of-care access to evidence-based clinical guidance for imaging decisions.
April 13, 2010
Electronic record use doubles
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The number of Americans who electronically access personal health records (PHRs) has more than doubled from just a year ago, and PHR users report that they know more about their health, ask more questions, and take better care of themselves, according to a study released this week.
April 13, 2010
CynergisTek rolls out security service
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CynergisTek has launched its HIPAA/HITECH Security Compliance Review service for small hospitals.
April 12, 2010
Paxeramed fills Sudan order, opens new office
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS/RIS software developer Paxeramed has installed its RIS/PACS at Al Zaytouna hospital in Khartoum, Sudan.
April 12, 2010
Studies duel over HIT costs, benefits; speech recognition saves money in Spain
By Brian Casey
April 12, 2010
VA saved billions with enterprise HIT investment
By Cynthia E. Keen
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) initiative to implement healthcare IT more than 20 years ago has paid off impressively. By 2007, the agency had saved a cumulative $3.09 billion, and it's currently saving nearly $700 million annually, according to a study published in the April issue of Health Affairs.
April 12, 2010
Spanish study finds speech recognition saves time, money
By Erik L. Ridley
A large study of speech recognition that included nearly 140,000 reports has confirmed the technology's ability to dramatically reduce report turnaround time while saving money. Researchers found that speech recognition slashed turnaround time from about 5.5 hours with conventional transcription to just over one hour.
April 11, 2010
Survey fails to find outcomes benefit for electronic records
By Cynthia E. Keen
How effective are electronic health record (EHR) systems in improving the efficiency and quality of healthcare services in U.S. hospitals? Right now, not very -- at least according to a study of nearly 3,000 hospitals that found that EHR systems minimally affected several types of outcomes measures.
April 11, 2010
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