CMIO presents a weekly update of the EHR products certified by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies (ONC-ATCBs). The following EHR certification was announced recently:

Eight hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers collaborated with the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare to eliminate wrong-patient, wrong-procedure and wrong-site surgerieswhich some estimates put as high as 40 incidents per week in the U.S.

NEC Display Solutions of America has received FDA 510(k) market clearance for the MultiSync MD310C4 medical diagnostic display, which was created for medical imaging and PACS in hospitals, doctors offices, urgent care centers and other healthcare facilities.

Healthcare costs remain on the chopping block and with the future of the industry up in the air, more private cardiology practices have moved toward integrating with hospitals to survive the impending Medicare physician cuts and decreasing revenues. While new patients drive the business of cardiology, it remains a question as to whether supply and demand will meet midway, Patrick White, president of MedAxiom, said during a June 28 webinar outlining procedure volumes, ratios and financials.

Rcadia Medical Imaging has been granted four U.S. patents for the companys COR Analyzer System.

Nearly 347 million people globally are now plagued by diabetes. While treatment methods for diabetics have gained traction, the optimal treatment strategy (metformin, lifestyle interventions, pioglitazone, among others) remains somewhat ambigious. News this week may offer insight on how to best treat and manage diabetes, a comorbidity that is becoming increasingly common.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking comments on a proposed rule that would grandfather the approximately 235 healthcare providers that are not located in rural areas, but which serve rural areas, making them permanently eligible for discounted services under the rural healthcare program.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force should withdraw its 2009 guidelines and support annual screening, beginning at the age of 40, for all women, according to a statement issued by the American College of Radiology in response to results of the Swedish Two-County Trial, published in the July issue of Radiology.