Northrop Grumman has named Sam Shekar, MD, MPH, chief medical officer in its information systems sector.

ePlus Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of ePlus, has renewed its health IT services agreement with VHA, a network of U.S. nonprofit hospitals. The agreement, effective July 1, will be valid for three years.

Advanced visualization and analysis software developer Vital Images has announced that its president and CEO, Michael Carrel, will be serving on the Medical Industry Technology Alliance's (MITA) board of directors.

Wellstar, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Trillennium Medical Imaging, has stated it plans to transition to a virtual cloud data system for imaging storage.

Combining national radiology incident reporting systems with appropriate analysis and action can result in significantly safer healthcare. However, optimal deployment requires integration into a wider safety quality and risk management framework, according to an article in this month's Journal of American College of Radiology.

Health IT company Harris has named John Heller president of its IT services business, reporting to Daniel R. Pearson, chief operating officer.

Allocade has begun offering new capabilities for its On-Cue operations management software suite including electronic protocoling and an enterprise viewer to facilitate communications and manage operations for clinical staff.

An analysis of data from 2005 through 2008 of nine metropolitan areas in the U.S. indicates that healthcare-associated invasive methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections decreased among patients with infections that began in the community or in the hospital, according to a study in the Aug. 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.