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HHS awards $17M for patient-centered outcomes research

Industry News | Wednesday, September 01 2010
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced three sets of grants and cooperative agreements, totaling nearly $17 million for patient-centered outcomes research.
 

AMIA launches international health informatics partnership

Industry News | Wednesday, September 01 2010
The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) has launched a non-profit, wholly owned subsidiary organization, called the Global Health Informatics Partnership, to serve as an international center for collaborative initiatives on healthcare informatics.
 

N.Y. cards scramble to review 4,000 unread echos at Harlem Hospital

Top Stories | Wednesday, May 26 2010
The Health and Hospital Corporation, New York City’s public healthcare system, and Columbia University Medical School in New York City, which is the physician services affiliate that employs and supervises doctors at Harlem Hospital Center, Tuesday revealed that they are working to review a backlog of nearly 4,000 echocardiograms that accumulated at Harlem Hospital.
 

HHS releases $144M to colleges to promote health IT adoption

Top Stories | Sunday, April 04 2010
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has enlisted the resources of U.S. universities, community colleges and research centers to encourage the adoption and meaningful use of health IT with the release of $144 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.
 

JAMIA: Lower implementation costs are key to telemedicine adoption

Industry News | Friday, March 12 2010
In order for telemedicine case management to be more widely adopted, less expensive technology is needed to lower implementation costs,  according to a recent study from The Journal of Medical Informatics Association.
 

Study: CT confirms early emphysema connected to childhood smoke exposure

Clinical Studies | Tuesday, January 05 2010
Using CT scans on a non-smoking adult population, researchers have concluded that regular exposure to cigarette smoke during childhood is associated with the development of early emphysema among adults.
 

JAMIA: EHRs uniqueness decreases over average admission time

Clinical Studies | Wednesday, December 16 2009
EHRs should be designed to be clinically useful, practical and efficient, according to a recent study published in the January 2010 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
 

Study: fMRI helps ID development of schizophrenia

Clinical Studies | Tuesday, September 08 2009
In a functional MRI (fMRI) study, neurologists and psychiatrists at Columbia University in New York City have identified an area of the brain involved in the earliest stages of schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders, according to findings published Monday in the Archives of General Psychiatry.
 

Study: Medical imaging increases U.S. life expectancy

Top Stories | Thursday, June 18 2009
Increased utilization of advanced medical imaging has improved the life expectancy of patients in the United States by nearly nine months, according to a study released this month from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
 

fMRI highlights self-regulatory control impairments in bulimia nervosa

Clinical Studies | Wednesday, January 07 2009
Functional MRI (fMRI) revealed that the self-regulatory processes are impaired in women with bulimia nervosa, likely because of their failure to engage frontostriatal circuits appropriately, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.
 

Time Medical releases new HTS MRI coil

New Products | Thursday, September 18 2008
Scientists from Columbia University, Harvard Medical School and the University of Hong Kong have created a high temperature superconductor (HTS) coil for MRI systems.
 
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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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