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GE places Centricity in Oakland
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare will be installing its Centricity Business Advantage (formerly IDX Flowcast) application at Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland in Oakland, CA.
December 5, 2006
Ferrania names Lattimer to U.K. post
The U.K. division of medical imaging device and software developer Ferrania Imaging Technologies of Cairo Montenotte, Italy, has appointed Hannah Lattimer as its marketing executive and sales coordinator for both its LifeImaging and PhotoColor Systems (PCS) divisions.
December 4, 2006
Siemens CMO named as CCHIT commissioner
Siemens Medical Solutions reported that its chief medical officer (CMO), Dr. Donald Rucker, has been selected as a commissioner of the U.S. Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT).
December 4, 2006
Emdeon completes stock buyback
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare services and information technology developer Emdeon reported preliminary results of its tender offer to purchase up to 140 million shares of its common stock at a price of $12 per share, which expired yesterday.
December 4, 2006
TeraRecon touts McKesson integration
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization firm TeraRecon said it has completed application programming interface (API)-level workflow integration between its AquariusNet Server offering and McKesson Provider Technologies' Horizon Medical Imaging PACS network.
December 4, 2006
GE signs CHN
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare will be providing its Centricity Enterprise (formerly IDX Carecast) clinical, financial, and administrative software to Community Health Network in Barrington, IL.
December 3, 2006
Sage names SVP
Healthcare IT provider Sage Software Health Division has appointed Mark Ryan as senior vice president of customer service and support.
December 3, 2006
Managing the precertification process
Diagnostic exam precertification, which requires referring physicians to obtain insurer approval for imaging services prior to scheduling scans, has developed into a reimbursement labyrinth. Now, insurers, radiologists, and referring physicians must all navigate the maze created by imaging's utilization. Radiology billing manager Christie James shares her group's experiences with handling the precertification process.
December 3, 2006
Speech recognition technology shows double-digit error rate
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
CHICAGO - A study of radiology reports generated by speech recognition software at a prestigious U.S. academic medical center found that even with fully trained system users the technology was introducing significant errors in almost one out of five signed, final reports. The study authors presented their findings at the 2006 RSNA meeting.
November 29, 2006
Emageon, Allscript team up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image management firm Emageon of Birmingham, AL, has signed a reseller agreement with Chicago-based healthcare IT developer Allscripts.
November 29, 2006
Eclipsys completes Sunrise adoption at Georgia hospital
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare informatics firm Eclipsys of Boca Raton, FL, announced that Piedmont Hospital of Atlanta, GA, has reached 100% physician adoption of its Sunrise Clinical Manager information system.
November 29, 2006
Simple tracking program, case review scale back resident misreads
By Shalmali Pal
CHICAGO - An error-tracking system developed at Chicago's Rush University Medical Center can quantitatively measure radiology residents' performance and serve as an educational tool, according to its Cicero, IL-based creators. Researchers in Taiwan also focused on residents' performance, but used teaching case files to help reduce misreads.
November 29, 2006
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