The City of Philadelphia has selected eClinicalWorks EHR to improve the continuity of care for the citys Department of Public Health. eClinicalWorks, an ambulatory clinical systems provider based in Westborough, Mass., said it will provide approximately 230 providers across 20 primary care and correctional clinics with a preventive-care-oriented EHR system.

Although medical professionals are concerned about bias introduced from commercial funding of continuing medical education (CME), many are not willing to pay higher fees to offset or eliminate such funding sources, according to a survey published May 9 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

The total cost of healthcare for a typical family of four covered by a preferred provider organization was $19,393 in 2011, an increase of 7.3 percent over 2010, which is the lowest annual rate of increase in more than a decade, according to the results of the 2011 Milliman Medical Index.

MedSolutions Premerus Diagnostic Accuracy program, which employs technology to steer imaging studies to the appropriate specialist, has helped a health plan reduce unnecessary ER use, hospitalizations, surgeries, medications and treatment.

John Peter Smith Health Network has selected Philips iSite PACS for its 567-bed hospital and patient care pavilion.

The Ohio Health Information Partnership has selected Medicity as the vendor to create the technological infrastructure for CliniSync, the state's new health information exchange.

Hannibal Regional Healthcare System has selected Allscripts' Sunrise Enterprise suite to connect caregivers throughout its nonprofit community hospital in Hannibal, Mo., and across local physician practices.

A radiation safety call center staffed by nurses may serve as a valuable resource to a public concerned and uncertain about the risks of ionizing radiation and the benefits of imaging studies, according to an article published in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.