A quality improvement initiative reduced unnecessary imaging referrals for adnexal lesions by a team of researchers at the Virginia Mason Medical Center, according to a study published online Oct. 18 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Unruptured cerebral aneurysms (UCAs) have an overall seven percent prevalence in Chinese adults ages 35 to 75, according to a study published on Oct. 15 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Diagnostic Health (Hilton Head, S.C.), purchased CARESTREAM Vue RIS<http://www.carestream.com/vue-ris.html>, CARESTREAM Vue Cloud PACS<http://www.carestream.com/vue-cloud-based-services.html> and CARESTREAM Vue Cloud Archive<http://www.carestream.com/vue-cloud-based-services.html> to serve its five multi-modality imaging centers in Texas and Pennsylvania. The company, which is owned and operated by SDI, Inc., evaluated five suppliers prior to selecting Carestream.

Codonics, a global leader in patient safety, medical imaging and information management solutions, today announced its partnership with Intelligent Hospital Systems (IH Systems), a medical device company focused on the design and development of automated solutions for hospital environments. IH Systems will offer Codonics Safe Label System SLS 500i as an option with its RIVA automated IV compounding system to provide customers with comprehensive barcode medication labeling. Using the system, syringes and IV medications prepared by hospital pharmacies will include a Joint Commission-compliant, full-color label that will increase patient safety in operating rooms and post-anesthesia care units.

Novartis today announced the winners of its Mobile Health (mHealth) Challenge, a competition for developers and mobile technology start-ups to participate in creating mobile solutions that can positively impact the lives of caregivers and their loved ones with heart failure. The intensive two-day Challenge brought individuals and teams together to compete for cash prizes totaling $40,000.

Care Innovations&trade; Connect RCM, the newest remote care management offering from&nbsp;Care Innovations&trade;, will be launched in Canada through GE Healthcare. This cloud-based application helps patients access provider-designed care plans via a web browser instead of relying on specialized devices installed in the home environment.

Merge Healthcare Incorporated (Nasdaq:MRGE), a leading provider of clinical systems and innovations that seek to transform healthcare, today announced that Sinai Health System, a Chicago-based non-profit health system comprised of seven member organizations, has selected Merge for its vendor-neutral archive (VNA), image sharing and picture archiving communication systems (PACS), as well as its cardiology information management and hemodynamics solution. The partnership aims to improve workflow while reducing overall costs for the entire health system.

Print and web-based decision aids (DAs) could be beneficial informants in prostate cancer screening decision-making processes, according to a study published on Oct. 14 in JAMA Internal Medicine.