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Survey finds incremental EHR adoption
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
The promise of a seamless electronic healthcare record (EHR) system is still some distance away. However, forward-looking practitioners willing to be early adopters are embracing EHR systems for cost, efficiency, and quality improvement in their practice, according to the results of a survey on EHR trends and usage by the Medical Records Institute of Boston.
September 21, 2006
Mazor to unveil DiscAssist
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Surgical visualization software developer Mazor Surgical Technologies will be displaying its new advanced visualization software, DiscAssist, at the North American Spine Society meeting in Seattle next week.
September 20, 2006
HIMSS releases Dorenfest hospital IT data at no charge
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Dorenfest Institute for Health Information Technology has released research reports on the U.S. health information technology (HIT) market, and has updated 2005 data from its Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics database.
September 20, 2006
McKesson partners with ZeOmega
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare informatics developer McKesson has added ZeOmega, a global care management software vendor, to its Alliance Partner Program.
September 20, 2006
Kolodner named HIT czar
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Mike Leavitt yesterday named Dr. Robert Kolodner as the interim National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
September 20, 2006
Commissure, Amicas partner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare software developer Commissure and PACS vendor Amicas have formed a partnership, enabling Commissure's RadWhere Suite to work with Amicas' Vision Series RIS and PACS offerings.
September 20, 2006
iCAD releases new software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm iCAD has released version 7.2 of its CAD software.
September 20, 2006
RIS/PACS reduces x-ray exam time
By Erik L. Ridley
Using a RIS/PACS network in a radiology department can substantially reduce x-ray exam completion times, according to a study by Italian researchers. The research team collected data from two hospitals -- one used a traditional workflow model and the other used a RIS/PACS network -- and calculated aggregate exam time, from patient registration to delivery of results to the patient.
September 20, 2006
EMC signs LifeBridge Health
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Storage firm EMC has added LifeBridge Health in Baltimore to its client list.
September 19, 2006
Empiric adds RIS deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare informatics vendor Empiric Systems has received a RIS contract from two University of Pennsylvania veterinary hospitals.
September 19, 2006
Kodak lands Erlanger
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eastman Kodak Health Group has received a multimillion-dollar order from Erlanger Health System in Chattanooga, TN.
September 19, 2006
Agfa notches U.S. PACS sales
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has received several orders recently for its Impax 6.0 PACS software.
September 19, 2006
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