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IBM, Beijing Goodwill develop cardio mgmt system for China

Partnerships & Alliances | Friday, August 20 2010
IBM and Beijing Goodwill Information and Technology, a provider of electronic cardiogram systems in China, have developed the first all-in-one electronic cardiogram management system in China.
 

IBM acquires data management services company

Mergers & Acquisitions | Wednesday, August 11 2010
IBM has acquired content management company Datacap to strengthen its ability to help organizations digitize, manage and automate its information assets, particularly in paper-intensive industries such as healthcare, insurance, government and finance. Financial terms were not disclosed.
 

IBM, ActiveHealth unite in the cloud for clinical decision support

New Products | Wednesday, August 04 2010
IBM and ActiveHealth Management, an Aetna subsidiary, have unveiled a new cloud computing and clinical decision support tool, Collaborative Care Solution, to give physicians and patients access to needed clinical data.
 

IBM dedicates $100M for healthcare hires, development

Industry News | Monday, July 19 2010
IBM will dedicate $100 million during the next three years to an initiative to help medical practitioners and insurance companies provide evidence-based care to patients.
 

Data Storage acquires SafeData, expands product line

Mergers & Acquisitions | Wednesday, June 30 2010
Data Storage has acquired SafeData, a Warwick, R.I-based technology company, for an undisclosed sum.
 

At Your Service: Will Service Oriented Architecture Add Interoperability to Imaging?

Cover Story | Wednesday, May 26 2010
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is not a new concept, but the medical field has been slow to adopt it. This could change as more and more radiologists, administrators and IT leaders recognize its value in a field that is requiring a greater degree of interoperability.
 

KLAS: 70% of providers looking for health IT consultants

Industry News | Monday, May 17 2010
As the healthcare industry marches headlong toward meaningful use, demand for skilled health IT consultants is high, according to a report from market research firm KLAS.
 

IBM initiates multi-year reseach effort to curb childhood obesity

Industry News | Friday, May 07 2010
IBM has initiated a multi-year research effort initially focusing on childhood obesity to connect and analyze collections of data from a variety of sources in order to enable individuals, governments and businesses to better understand actions to take to improve human health.
 

KLAS: Better business intelligence requires models from outside healthcare

Industry News | Wednesday, April 28 2010
Unlike most segments of health IT, which are dominated by a handful of healthcare-focused vendors, the enterprise business intelligence technologies deployed at hospitals are more likely to come from general software companies like SAP and IBM, according to a report from healthcare research firm KLAS.
 

Advanced Visualization in the EMR

Cover Story | Monday, April 19 2010
Written by Michael Bassett
The push to develop EMRs across healthcare enterprises really lies at the heart of  the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009), and it is certain that all medical documents—including images and imaging reports—will eventually become part of the electronic health record. But those images are not just limited to diagnostic radiology. They include everything from endoscopy and cardiology images to  dermatology and dentistry. And they also include advanced visualization (AV) images.
 

The Stepping Stone to Structured Reporting: What Does Natural Language Processing Mean for Radiology

Features | Monday, April 19 2010
Written by Jeff Byers
Like much of healthcare, radiology is a state of flux. From reimbursement cuts to adopting EMRs, day-to-day operations are being transformed. Dictation software is evolving in the radiology field as natural language processing (NLP) is being developed to harness content from dictated, free text into a manageable report that can be used in radiology.
 

Wanted: Champions of family medicine for improved U.S. healthcare

Industry News | Thursday, April 01 2010
Family medicine needs influential, aggressive allies, according to a commentary by Mary Nolan Hall, MD, and Jerry Kruse, MD, along with the Association of Departments of Family Medicine, that was published in the January/February edition of Annals of Family Medicine.
 

Report: Remote health management market to grow to $3.6B by 2012

Industry News | Tuesday, March 23 2010
Remote health management is the fastest growing segment of the home health management market and promises to improve health and cut healthcare costs, according to a report from management consulting firm Scientia Advisors. However, the market will only reach its full potential if health insurers adopt reimbursement policies encouraging greater physician adoption, the report noted.
 

IBM seals deal with Initiate Systems

Tuesday, March 02 2010
IBM has closed a deal that will expand its existing portfolio by acquiring Initiate Systems, a software company focused on developing data management technologies.
 

Survey: No clear EMR market leader

Industry News | Tuesday, February 23 2010
Despite the presence of heavy hitters such as IBM, 3M and Dell, no single company owns the EMR market, according to a report from Kalorama Information.
 

IBM to acquire Initiate Systems for undisclosed sum

Top Stories | Wednesday, February 03 2010
IBM has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Initiate Systems, a provider of data integrity software for information sharing among healthcare and government organizations. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
 

HIMSS 2010 Preview: Merging Imaging & IT

Features | Tuesday, February 02 2010
Written by Justine Cadet
When the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) hosts its annual conference from March 1-4, at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, it is sure to be abuzz with conversations about the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment, the HITECH Act, and the subsequent meaningful use proposals and definitions.
 

Study: MRA + computer-aided detection can better detect brain aneurysms

Top Stories | Wednesday, January 27 2010
MR angiography (MRA), with the addition of a specially designed computer-aided detection (CAD) scheme, has proven to have greater accuracy than MRA alone, and may have the ability to improve the sensitivity of intracranial aneurysm detection on MR images, according to the findings of a collaborative project of Mayo Clinic and IBM.
 

IBM invests in EHR providers

Industry News | Tuesday, December 22 2009
IBM is extending its lending arm, IBM Global Financing, to four EHR providers--Siemens Healthcare, Lavender & Wyatt Systems, Healthcare Management Systems and SCC Soft Computer--through new financing agreements.
 

Avnet introduces new vendor-neutral archive for medical imaging

New Products | Wednesday, December 16 2009
Avnet Technology Solutions has launched new service offerings to assist in the storage and management of medical images for EHRs, and will allow its partners in the U.S. and Canada to offer vendor neutral archive solutions through its healthcare solutions practice--Avnet HealthPath.
 
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Feature: U.S. needs national strategy to curb imaging overutilization

Medical imaging overutilization--a growing concern in the U.S.--exposes patients to unnecessary radiation, while also adding to rising healthcare costs, according to a study published online Aug. 24 in Radiology. In an interview, William R. Hendee, PhD, lead author, reviewed various methods by which medical imaging could be curtailed.

Radiology: Prelim study shows CE breast CT outperforms CT, mammo

Dedicated contrast-enhanced (CE) breast CT delivered significantly improved conspicuity of malignant breast lesions, including ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), compared with unenhanced breast CT and mammography, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology.

Radiology: Rad role may evolve as image-guided biopsies trend up

CT, ultrasound and MRI have helped shift biopsy techniques away from more invasive approaches toward image-guided percutaneous techniques, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology. The trend toward less-invasive approaches translates into enhanced safety and efficiency and could lead to more interaction between patients and radiologists.

CMS Webinar: Incentive payments to offset EHR adoption, not reimburse

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) EHR incentive payments are not considered reimbursement for money expended on EHR technology, but are intended to offset the cost associated with adoption and ongoing meaningful use, according to CMS during an Aug. 12 webinar.

CMS webinar: Eligible professionals can expect EHR incentives in 2011

Funding incentives for EHR use is the main goal of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) meaningful use initiative, and there are incentive programs for both hospitals and eligible professionals, according to Elizabeth Holland, health insurance specialist at the Department of Health and Human Services, who spoke during a CMS-sponsored webinar Aug. 8.

Webinar: Stage 1 of meaningful use is for quality reporting acclimation

Stage 1 requirements for meaningful use incentives aim to strike a balance between the overall goal of EHR use and widespread adoption, while avoiding added work, said Jonathan Teich, MD, PhD, chief medical informatics officer at Elsevier Health Services, during a HIMSS webinar titled “Meaningful Use: Safety and Quality of Care.”

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