Based on a Kaiser Permanente study published online in JAMA Dermatology, radiation treatment could help lead to a decrease in the recurrence of Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare and aggressive skin cancer, while chemotherapy appears to have no lasting impact or effect on the disease's recurrence or pati...

Wayne, NJ, March 31, 2014 – Konica Minolta Medical Imaging announced today that the University of Nebraska-Lincoln University Health Center has recently installed the wireless ImagePilot Aero all-in-one DR solution. The University Health Center is a full- service clinic that provides care to appr...

January 16, 2014 - Graphnet has successfully embedded its CareCentric electronic health record into EMIS Web. This means that GPs using the EMIS system can access health and social care records from across the care community for the patient they are seeing, directly from their consultation screens ...

A new study in the journal Health Services Research discovered that nearly three-quarters of physicians using electronic health records in 2011 said there were clinical benefits when patients' medical histories were kept in digital files. The study’s main focus was on doctors' perceptions of clini...

An enhanced interoperability system allows for healthcare organizations to securely exchange imaging data, thus increasing referrals, reducing costs, and honoring regulatory requirements. Merge Healthcare, Inc. (Chicago, IL, USA) has recently released its novel invention, the iConnect Network, an a...

USA, October 28, 2013 - Many hospitals have implemented electronic health record systems, but they're not rushing to embrace all that they may offer according to a new report from HIMSS Analytics. HIMSS maintains an eight-stage framework for monitoring hospitals' use and development of EHRs, called...

USA, September 22, 2013 - The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has released what it calls a path to achieving interoperability among different electronic health record (EHR) systems. In a blog post Wednesday, David Muntz, principal deputy and Nora Super, public affairs directo...

USA, September 17, 2013 - The American College of Physicians, in a letter addressed to federal health officials Thursday, says that the "very aggressive" timeline and "overly ambitious" objectives of Meaningful Use Stage 2 threaten to limit the success of the overall program. In the letter--sent to...

USA, July 21, 2013 - To successfully implement technology--such as electronic health record systems--into healthcare processes, providers need to spend ample time ensuring employees are trained to use such tools, according to National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari. In a recent intervi...

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation first published their inaugural report on Health Information Technology in the U.S. in 2006; since then a lot has changed. One example is The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology having a tight budget, while few hospital beds had ope...