Silicon Graphics has unveiled an advanced hardware solution based on SGI Reconfigurable Application-Specific Computing (RASC) technology capable of increasing application performance by hundreds of times over conventional systems, the company said.

TeraMedica, a Milwaukee-based medical informatics company, today announced the launch of its new Evercore Oncology Information Manager.

Los Altos, Calif-based ScImage ranked very well in KLAS 2005 private cardiology PACS market report.

As powerful modalities such as multislice CT become more common in cardiology departments, more robust -- and very high cost -- PACS are needed to manage the images.

The 16 commissioners that will comprise the American Health Information Community have been named by Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) recently extended the deadline of the interim final HIPAA enforcement rule and has set the date for a finalized rule for March 16, 2006.

Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) last week indicated that the ever-evolving health IT-related legislation he has put forth in conjunction with a bi-partisan group of his peers, namely Tim Murphy (R-Pa.), is more likely to be passed sometime next year.

The much-anticipated results of the Digital Mammography Imaging Screening Trial (DMIST) are out - revealing that digital mammograms are better than analog x-rays in detecting breast cancer in younger women and those with dense breasts.