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FDA issues final guidance to shorten medical device trials

Monday, February 08 2010
A final guidance on Bayesian statistical methods used in the design and analysis of medical device clinical trials was issued Feb. 5 by the FDA.

Blumenthal: U.S. providers need to take advantage of HITECH

Friday, February 05 2010
It is impossible to imagine a high-performing U.S. health system that does not take full advantage of the computing technology that has transformed virtually every other aspect of human endeavor, wrote National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal, MD, in a commentary published Feb. 4 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

MedQuist agrees to purchase Spheris, amid Chapter 11 filing

Thursday, February 04 2010
Medical transcription company MedQuist has entered into a “stalking horse” purchase agreement with clinical documentation company Spheris for its domestic business. The agreement must be approved by the courts, as the Franklin, Tenn.-based Spheris recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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mHealth VP: Healthcare communications should be more virtual

C. Peter Waegemann, MD, vice president for development for mHealth, spoke with CMIO about the necessity of new communication patterns in healthcare, a topic on which he presented during the International mHealth Networking Conference Feb. 3-4 in Washington, D.C. The conference was sponsored by the Boston-based healthcare organization mHealth Initiative.

Q&A: New York-Presbyterian offers patients a self-serve PHR

Patients checking into New York-Presbyterian (NYP) Hospital can create an account that enables them to view their health data and have access to it wherever and whenever they need it.

Webinar: Meaningful use has positives, uncertainties and a few fantasies

The progress toward defining meaningful use has been impressive, but the timeline may be too compressed for many, said Steven Stack, MD, member of the board of trustees at the American Medical Association (AMA), last week, during the eHealth Initiative's second Webinar on meaningful use. “Also, to digitize 20 percent of the U.S. economy in a three- to five-year period, there’s not enough workforce to do that,” Stack said.

Webinar: Panel discusses future of e-prescribing

E-prescribing could help improve coordination of patient care, although barriers including cost and lack of standards need to be worked out, said speakers at a Webinar hosted by the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit eHealth Initiative.

CIOs explore how meaningful use proposals will impact providers

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed rules for incentive payments to eligible healthcare professionals and hospitals participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs that adopt and meaningfully use certified EHR technology is the result of unprecedented collaboration among leaders from all areas of healthcare. However, the 556-page document, released Dec. 30, 2009, is raising questions and concerns in the healthcare community--some of which were raised by two CIOs in a CMIO interview.

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KLAS: Don't believe the HIE hype

Industry News | Monday, February 08 2010
Only a relatively small number of vendors are able to claim a proven, repeatable health information exchange (HIE) model, according to a report from KLAS, a healthcare market research firm. In total, the report highlights the commercial HIE models from 22 vendors, most of which have one, two or three validated sites.

HHS awards $119M+ for state, territory prevention programs

Industry News | Monday, February 08 2010
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded more than $119 million to states and U.S. territories to support public health efforts to reduce obesity, increase physical activity, improve nutrition and decrease smoking.

University of Colorado taps Epic for $67M EMR project

Contracts & Installations | Monday, February 08 2010
A three-year, $67 million project to deploy Epic's EMRs across all clinical areas, and will integrate clinical systems and generate more than 150 jobs at the University of Colorado Hospital Anschutz Medical Campus, in Aurora, Colo.

NexGen, Ingram Micro team up for EHR adoption

Partnerships & Alliances | Monday, February 08 2010
Health IT distributor Ingram Micro has entered into a new distribution agreement with EHR/practice management company NextGen Healthcare Information Systems to recruit, train and support new partners focused on providing health IT in order for providers to take advantage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 stimulus payments for health IT adoption.

Washington facility selects Compuware EHR service

Contracts & Installations | Monday, February 08 2010
Providence Health & Services Washington Region, in Renton, Wash., has selected Compuware’s EHR Service Delivery to improve the performance and availability of its clinical applications.

Vital appoints Muduroglu to board

Executive Announcements | Monday, February 08 2010
Vital Images, a provider of advanced visualization software, has appointed Oran Muduroglu as a member of its board of directors.

PerkinElmer posts lower income in FY09, despite increase in Q4

Financial News | Friday, February 05 2010
PerkinElmer's net income dipped in the 2009 fiscal year, despite posting gains in the fourth quarter, which ended Jan. 3, 2010.

Sisters of St. Francis go live with Zynx Health

Contracts & Installations | Friday, February 05 2010
Sisters of St. Francis Health Services, a Mishawaka, Ind.-based health network, has deployed clinical decision support company Zynx Health’s ZynxOrder to consolidate and standardize evidence-based order sets for use across its 13 hospitals and healthcare centers.

Microsoft, NSF team up in the clouds

Partnerships & Alliances | Friday, February 05 2010
Microsoft and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have agreed to offer free access to advanced cloud computing resourcesto individual researchers and research groups selected through NSF's merit review process.

Infinitt, peerVue integrate PACS workflow technologies

Partnerships & Alliances | Friday, February 05 2010
Image and information management solutions provider Infinitt North America and workflow and communications technology provider peerVue have entered into an integration agreement that will allow Infinnit PACS customers to launch peerVue’s qi-Vue from their existing PACS workstations.

DOD, VA request $2.8 billion for health IT projects

Industry News | Friday, February 05 2010
The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have requested a combined $2.8 billion for health IT projects in the 2011 federal budget. The Department of Defense (DoD) is asking for $1.5 billion while the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is asking for $1.3 billion.

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