Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) kicked off the first meeting of the Georgia Medicare EHR Community Partnership as part of the DCH's ongoing efforts to encourage small- to medium-sized physician practices to adopt EHRs.

CHICAGO—Including coronary CT angiography in facility’s cardiologyimaging study mix requires a thorough understanding of potential turfissues, citing requirements, workflow and reimbursement and more, saidRalph Gentry, RT, supervisor of cardiac MRI and cardiac CT, WilliamBeaumont Hospital, at the annual meeting of the Alliance ofCardiovascular Professionals (ACVP).

CHICAGO—Cardinal Health has signed an exclusive agreement withUltraSPECT to provide imaging processing software to cut scanning timein half or double the image resolution of existing nuclear medicalimaging equipment, which was announced at the American College ofCardiology (ACC) Scientific Sessions.

Royal Philips Electronics has launched the USB Smart Key, a licensingtool that allows dictation software licenses to be uploaded to anycomputer.

McKesson Provider Technologies has acquired Rosebud Solutions, aprovider of software solutions to track and manage instruments,endoscopes and tissue implants for surgical services, as well asmedical crash carts and mobile equipment.

IBA Health Group has appointed Andrea Fiumicelli as chief operating officer (COO) with responsibility for iSOFT.

Kristine L. Svinicki was sworn in March 28 as a Commissioner of theU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) by Chairman Dale E. Klein atthe NRC headquarters in Rockville, Md.

After more than five years on the market, 3D options continue to evolveto better meet the diverse needs of radiologists, cardiologists and avariety of specialists.