HHS announced that Robert M. Kolodner, MD, is the new head the Officeof the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) — apost he has maintained since last September when he was named interimnational coordinator.

CIVCO Medical Solutions announces the release of a new needle guidancesystem for use with Aloka’s UST-9133 transducer on the Alpha 10(Version 6 and above) ultrasound systems.

Dynamic Imaging announced that it will participate in a demonstrationof an integrated healthcare enterprise using the new IHE mammographyprofile with the use of its IntegradWeb Mammo, at the Society of BreastImaging's 8th Postgraduate Course in Hollywood, Fla.

Aurora Imaging Technology named a new member to its advisoryboard, Da Hsuan Feng, PhD, special assistant to the president forGlobal Strategies and International Relations and Professor of Physicsat the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD).

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched itsDOQ-IT (Doctor’s Office Quality Information Technology) University, orDOQ-IT U, to support health IT adoption in physicians’ offices.

InSite One Inc. appointed John Jordan as senior vice president of sales.

Most healthcare providers view the primary benefit of health IT as ameans to reduce medical errors and increase patient safety, accordingto the 18th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey results released this week.

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and theMedical Group Management Association (MGMA) both recently testifiedbefore the American Health Information Community (AHIC) QualityWorkgroup on specific “challenges that need to be addressed in theindustry-wide drive to advance quality patient care.”