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Medical imaging 'mega-cloud' in the works
Efforts to create a medical imaging mega-cloud are in the works, according to an article published this week in The Register. Researchers at Peake Healthcare Innovations (a collaborative venture
Cloud computing in healthcare: the question is not if, but when
From the big technology vendors--Microsoft, Google, IBM, AT&T, et al.--comes the drumbeat of exhortations: "to the cloud, to the cloud!" Some industries have already decided that that's the way
KLAS: EHR compatibility key for PACS replacements
One out of six large hospitals and health systems are in the market to replace their picture archiving and communications systems (PACS), which will cause a boomlet in an otherwise rather stable
KLAS: GE imaging technology preferred by providers
GE Healthcare's PET/CT technology slightly outpaced competitors Philips Healthcare and Siemens Healthcare among provider preference, according to a recent report by research firm KLAS. Out of a score
CPOE adoption up, but most hospitals still lack capability
Despite a rise in the number of hospitals implementing computerized physician order entry (CPOE) since the government launched its incentive program for electronic health record adoption two years
Epic leads 2010 'Best in KLAS' honorees
Epic Systems is the top-ranked vendor in the 2010 "Best in KLAS" report from industry analyst KLAS Enterprises. Epic, the closely held, Verona, Wis.-based EMR vendor with a knack for winning
Smartphone-based ultrasound awaits FDA clearance
One of the developers of a prototype ultrasound probe that connects to a smartphone is involved in a startup company that could bring the phone-based ultrasound to market next year if the FDA grants
'Exceptionally complex' CPOE a key part of 'meaningful use'
Think EMR implementation is tough? Wait until you try computerized physician order entry--which just happens to be one of of the required measures of Stage 1 "meaningful use." "Given the importance
Community hospitals increasingly look to large EMR vendors
Smaller hospitals increasingly are looking to the big clinical information systems vendors for their EMR and other point-of-care IT needs, mainly because they believe the vendors that have
ARRA fueled doubling of 2009 EMR sales
Fueled by the prospect of federal incentive payments courtesy of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, sales of acute-care EMRs to large hospitals nearly doubled in 2009, according to health IT
