Robert Pruter has joined Aspyra, a provider of clinical and diagnosticinformation solutions for healthcare, as senior vice president of salesand marketing.

The well-appointed diagnostic imaging workstation should fit like atailor-made suit, providing clinicians both comfort and efficiency inorder to generate their reports, according to David L. Weiss, MD,clinical head of imaging informatics at Geisinger Medical Center inDanville, Penn.

As the healthcare system in the United States moves toward wider ITadoption, approximately 40,000 additional health IT professionals willbe needed, according to a study presented to the House SteeringCommittee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics.

A number of executives within Siemens Medical Solutions have beenappointed to new roles and leadership positions in numerous strategichealthcare industry organizations.

Purchasing an EHR system can be similar topurchasing a new car; what you get depends a great deal on what you’rewilling to spend. Like automobiles, EHRs can vary widely on the optionsavailable to the consumer at a base level. For institutions seeking toimplement EHR capabilities, lessons learned from PACS adoption can helpguide the vendor selection process, according to Kevin W. McEnery, MD.

Health IT interest is growing steadily within state governments andstate-backed health IT projects are high on the radar for proposedagendas, according to a report from Input, a government businessresearch company.

Foundation Radiology Group (FRG), a radiology provider which usesboard-certified radiologists to interpret diagnostic images forhospitals, has appointed James W. Backstrom, MD, to the position ofchief medical officer (CMO).

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a rule that would expand on the number of "never events," or preventable errors, a patient incurs in a hospital, and for which the agency said it will no longer pay the hospitals.