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Friday, July 02 2010
TeraMedica has released its new cardiology imaging and information manager, Evercore Cardiology Vendor-Neutral Architecture.
Monday, March 22 2010
Bederra has completed the acquisition of Houston-based Texas Mobile Health, which provides mobile diagnostic imaging services such as echocardiograms, stress testing and other diagnostic services to physicians, clinics and corporations.
Carestream Health has released a new Web-based cardiology PACS product in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Italy.
The adoption of EMRs is ramping up in the United States due to President Barack Obama’s stimulus plan, requiring EMR adoption by 2015, an August report from market research firm Millennium Research Group (MRG) showed. The report also found that hospitals and clinics are already focusing their attention on implementing EMR systems to capitalize on funding, and cardiology will be a large venue for IT adoption.
Siemens Healthcare demonstrated its Acuson SC2000 volume imaging ultrasound system at the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) meeting in Washington, D.C., this week.
Digisonics' DigiNet Pro, a Web-based cardiovascular image management and reporting system, has been selected by State of the Heart Cardiology in Grapevine, Texas, for its echocardiology, stress echocardiology, nuclear and CT studies.
Researchers found that 3D echocardiography with semiautomatic border detection is a practical alternative for obtaining the left atrial volume in a time-efficient manner, compared with MRI measurements and 2D echo algorithms, according to a study published in the April issue of Cardiovascular Ultrasound.
ProSolv CardioVascular, a Fujifilm company, and GE Healthcare's Cardiovascular Ultrasound unit announced a formal affiliation during the 58th annual American College of Cardiology (ACC) scientific sessions to develop an integrated solution aimed at improving workflow for echocardiography departments.
Friday, July 30 2010
Friday, July 30 2010
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“We’re beginning a revolution the way information is collected, managed, used and purposed for patients in the U.S. healthcare system,” said David Blumenthal, MD, chair of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, in opening remarks at an audioconference training session on meaningful use and EHR certification last week.
In Part 1 of our closer look at the final rules for meaningful use and EHR certification standards, CMIO’s Jeff Byers spoke with David Blumenthal, MD, chair of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. In Part 2, CMIOs weigh in with mixed reviews.
The framework for meaningful use is “something that had to be done and has been started intelligently,” John P. Glaser, PhD, vice president and CIO of Partners HealthCare System told CMIO. However, the challenges of becoming meaningful users and optimizing health information exchange will require unprecedented levels of communication within organizations and among healthcare systems, he said.
The contractual obligations in the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on modifications to the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules under the HITECH Act for business associates and downstream entities are game changers, according to Amy S. Leopard, JD, from Walter and Haverfield, during a webinar sponsored by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
Standardizing performance measures, with the help of health IT, will make it possible to collect the right data at the right time to support performance measurement, clinical decision support, clinical research and quality improvement, said Janet M. Corrigan, PhD, president and CEO of the National Quality Forum (NQF) during a webinar hosted by the forum on June 17.