Medipattern has posted a net loss of CAD $717,288 (U.S. $678,895) for the first quarter of fiscal 2010, which ended Sept. 30. Despite the loss, it represented a 35 percent improvement over the CAD1.1 million ($1 million U.S.) loss reported during the same period last year.

Healthcare management solution company MEDecision has entered into an agreement with data management company InSite One for the cross-licensing and reselling of technology, services and intellectual property.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and National Health IT Coordinator David Blumenthal, MD, this week announced the availability of $235 million in grants for beacon communities to act as models for health IT implementation.

CHICAGO--Advanced visualization, or any technology that creates images, diagrams or information to communicate a message, can be employed in various forms and techniques by radiologists, but is not limited to just radiology, said Adam Flanders, MD, at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

CHICAGO--Digital dashboards help radiology practices keep their eyes on the road by providing information to help decision makers and stakeholders understand and adapt the practice, explained Paul Nagy, PhD, associate professor of diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine in the department of diagnostic imaging at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, at the annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting.

CHICAGO--Colon computer-aided detection (CAD) "can deliver" was the message of Abraham Dachman, MD, of the University of Chicago Hospital, on Monday at the annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting. Dachman shared the results of a meticulously designed research study intended to assess the impact of CT colonography CAD on physician sensitivity and specificity for detection of polyps in a multi-reader, multi-case trial.

CHICAGO--There can be a number of reasons in changing PACS, including the original vendor going out of business, no longer having a product that supports the work being done or a change in administration within a healthcare facility or a corporate decision, according to Steven Horii, MD, in a session titled "PACS Divorce" at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual conference on Monday.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and healthcare nonprofit organization Kaiser Permanente recently announced a pilot program designed to exchange electronic health record information using the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) created by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).