Last week both a House of Representatives and Senate version of a newbill dubbed the “Independent Health Record Bank Act of 2006” wereintroduced that look to provide electronic health record accounts toindividuals in a fashion similar to ATM and online banking.

The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA), which was signed into law inearly February by President Bush, has the now booming imaging centerindustry reeling and fearful that not only is the fun over, but thatthe new rules might very well spell doom.

With a “niche technology to save lives,” advanced visualization vendorTeraRecon jumped into the nuclear medicine realm this week with theintroduction of the MGC500 handheld mini gamma camera forintra-operative and pre-surgical lymphoscintigraphy.

In light of the recent U.S. Deficit Reduction Act, most readersresponding to last week’s survey (64 percent) plan to reduce theirorganization’s capital technology purchases.

Automated QA software is a sound investment that can take a QA programto a higher level by automating manual processes, proactivelyidentifying problems and delivering alerts to the desktop and providinga link to national standards.

Healthcare leaders are moving beyond managing patient images andinformation via information systems and now harnessing IT to improvepatient safety and increase quality of care.

AMICAS Inc. yesterday announced the appointment of Paul Merrild as vicepresident of marketing.  Merrild will lead all marketing efforts forAMICAS.