EIZO Corporation (TSE: 6737) and Stryker Corporation have announced their partnership to offer customers integrated large monitor management systems suitable for use in standard and hybrid operating rooms.

The ScottCare Corporation announces the introduction of Innovo, a rechargeable digital transmitter for the company’s VersaCare multi-parameter telemetry solution serving cardiopulmonary rehabilitation clinics throughout the U.S. and internationally. ScottCare will feature the Innovo unit in Booth #607 at this year’s Annual Meeting of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) in Nashville, Tenn., October 3-5, 2013.

Approximately 50 percent of U.S. hospitals and 40 percent of U.S. physicians in ambulatory practice possess some type of patient portal technology, mostly acquired as a module of their practice management (PM) or electronic health record (EHR) system. While the availability of patient portals does not necessarily translate into active provider or patient use, the technology is emerging as the key platform for various efforts around patient engagement such as access to medical records, communication with providers, education, wellness tracking and e-visits.New analysis from Frost & Sullivan's (http://www.healthcareIT.frost.com) U.S. Patient Portal Market for Hospitals and Physicians: Overview and Outlook, 2012–2017 predicts the market to grow significantly over the next five years. The total U.S. patient portal market for hospitals and physicians earned revenue of $279.8 million in 2012. This is expected to increase steadily, reaching $898.4 million in 2017, representing a 221.1 percent increase. The majority of revenue will primarily result from increased demand driven by myriad forces including the need to meet Stage 2 Meaningful Use (MU) requirements, the growing move to clinical integration and accountable care, and increasing consumer demand for health information technology.

Harbin Clinic (Rome, Georgia), the largest privately owned multi-specialty physician group in Georgia, purchased and installed two wireless CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution DR Rooms at its orthopaedic clinic and main clinic. These are the two busiest locations for routine radiology procedures in the group’s 23-site system.“The DRX-Evolution at our orthopaedic clinic has greatly improved our workflow and enhances service for both orthopaedic surgeons and patients,” explains Fred Hastings, Harbin Clinic’s Director of Operations. “We replaced an existing DR system because the DRX-Evolution offered us the benefits of next-generation DR technology—greater flexibility, ease of use, automated hardware features and advanced software functionality.”

The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) will bring together the Indiana and North Central imaging informatics and enterprise IT community at the SIIM Regional Meeting in Indianapolis on Nov. 2.

ResolutionMD was formally evaluated by clinicians during a structured research study at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona and determined to be significantly faster than the two PACS and desktop image-viewing systems currently in use at the facility. The purpose of the study was to compare three image-viewing products in terms of: diagnostic quality, access time to images, technical reliability, and, clinician satisfaction.

Definitive Healthcare announces the launch of its payor database—the latest addition to its research on the healthcare community including coverage on hospitals, IDNs, ACOs, HIEs, physician groups, surgery centers and much more.

CHeQ has engaged Ascendian Healthcare Consulting to provide critical subject matter expertise for the Health Information Home (HIH). The HIH is a two part program focused on a.) the structured capture of cancer data in the clinical setting for access by public health and healthcare professionals, and b.) the electronic capture and sharing of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST).