Johns Hopkins University Professor Victor L. Serebruany, MD, PhD, an investigator in prasugrel's early clinical trials assessment, and two consumer advocates at Public Citizen have petitioned the FDA to halt its ongoing regulatory review of the anticoagulant, and requested new studies with a lower dose be launched.

Amicas, a provider of image and information management solutions, has launched Amicas Patient Services and Amicas Payer Services--a suite of transactional services designed to reduce the time it takes for providers to convert receivables into cash.

Indiana health information exchange (HIE) HealthLINC, through the support of the Bloomington Hospital Foundation and Rep. Baron Hill, D-Ind., has been awarded federal funds to implement Axolotl's e-prescribing technology to link physician practices and pharmacies in the Bloomington, Ind., area.

The Hospital HIMA San Pablo in Caguas, Puerto Rico, has installed Toshiba America Medical Systems' Aquilion One CT system.

The Chesapeake Hospital Authority in Virginia has selected McKesson to provide an EMR, an automated medication management process and integrated revenue management capabilities at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center.

Digisonics has secured contracts with two Midwest facilities for its cardiovascular information system (CVIS) and its clinical reporting system.

Two imaging centers in Jacksonville, Fla., which are a part of the Imaging Center Network, have implemented Avreo's interWorks radiology workflow solution.

Shields Health Care Group, a Quincy, Mass.-based independent provider of diagnostic imaging services, has chosen Sectra as its RIS provider.