Four acute-care hospitals have chosen McKessons robotic medication dispensing and integrated pharmacy automation tools as part of a total bar code-based pharmacy system for medication safety and operational efficiency.

WASHINGTON, D.C.Eighty-eight percent of patients being considered for revascularization were managed with optimal-based medical therapy due to the absence of significant inducible ischemia on cardiac MR, which was associated with significant cost savings, based on clinical research presented Sept. 22 at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF).

Childrens Hospital Boston plans to expand implementation of Allocades On-Cue operations management software suite throughout its radiology department.

Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo, Colo., has enlisted RelayHealths RevRunner to assist with revenue cycle performance through automated financial clearance.

Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., has implemented healthcare software developer InterSystems Ensemble integration and development platform throughout the enterprise.

Citing a stalled clearance process for contrast agents and increases in 510(k) review time, the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) Executive Director Dave Fisher voiced industry frustration with the medical device user fee program, during a public meeting that was examining the reauthorization of the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act.

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, an oncology center in Manchester, England, has planned to deploy Siemens Healthcare Somatom Definition AS CT system.

Picis, an Ingenix company, has added 29 U.S. healthcare facilities to the list of clients using its Lynx revenue management software for the emergency department. Deployments were completed during the second quarter, according to Wakefield, Mass.-based Picis.