Fuji forms medical informatics unit; CMS to add infection data to Hospital Compare;

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> Fujifilm Medical Systems has created a new, global medical informatics division, headquartered in Stamford, Conn. Press release

> CMS will add new data to its Hospital Compare website next year to allow Medicare patients to track the incidence of hospital-acquired condition and healthcare associated infections. Article

> The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR), has published a decision tree for determining whether software should be considered a medical device under European regulations. Document (.pdf)

> Image archiving vendor InSite One announced at RSNA that it will offer per-user licensing for its InDex archiving software. News brief (reg. required)

> Real Time Tomography says that its new AdaraGPU software, running on NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics processing units, can process and enhance digital mammography images 10 times faster than conventional image processors. Press release

> MedWeb has added videoconferencing and other video functionality to its TeleStroke medical imaging and information management software for remote diagnosis of acute stroke. Press release

> A clinic in Sarnia, Ontario, has fired a receptionist for unauthorized viewing of EMRs from a nearby hospital. Article

And Finally... No boys allowed. Article