This session will focus on the enterprise PACS project at Cleveland Clinic, which includes all image-generating departments. Topics include workflow, support models and financing.

McKesson has acquired peerVue, which provides radiology workflow and communications systems.

In this session, the speaker will discuss principles of effective clinical decision support (CDS) to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of care, and provide examples of how CDS can support accountable care.

EMR vendor Wolf Medical Systems has been acquired by Telus Health Solutions, a telecommunications company, headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.

AngioDynamics, a maker of minimally invasive medical devices for vascular access, surgery, peripheral vascular disease and oncology, has announced plans to buy Navilyst Medical from Avista Capital Partners for $372 million in cash and stock.

John D. Halamka, MD, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston, seems to be taking a bit of flak for a recent assertion dubbing DICOM a "non-standard standard."

IBM will acquire Worklight, a privately held Israeli-based provider of mobile software for smartphones and tablets, in a definitive agreement announced on Feb. 1. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Opening Keynote: As "meaningful use" continues to drive the increased utilization of EHRs, many observers believe the biggest impact will be felt from the use of EHR data for purposes other than direct patient care: what is often called "secondary use" of data. The promise is enormous to achieve what has been called a "learning health system" for the U.S. Where is this headed in the future and what are the emerging fields and uses?