Current interoperabilty information security standards limitations for health IT include minimum encryption standards, which are not being met by many of the 7,000 contributing entities, according to Michael Mellor, chief information security officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Siemens Healthcare released its newest project, Syngo.via, a software solution that automates case preparation, integrates imaging modalities and pre-existing solutions and consistently updates customers.

Healthcare in the U.S. can only be reformed with standard computerization and systematic thinking, said George Halvorson, CEO of healthcare organization Kaiser Permanente, in a Web cast hosted by Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP last week.

Medical imaging IT developer Infinitt North America has released its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) PACS, InfinittAccent, for EMR, hospital information system and practice management vendors.

Connecticut officials are investigating how a hard drive containing seven years of personal and medical information on 446,000 Health Net customers in Connecticutand, according to published sources, another one million customers in Arizona, New Jersey and New Yorkwent missing six months ago and was only reported lost by the insurance company this past Wednesday.

A handheld decision-support system may improve diagnostic decision making for patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) in the emergency department, suggests a study published in the Nov. 17 online edition of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Data storage and archiving firm EMC has released the latest iteration of Avamar, which includes enterprise backup capabilities for desktop and laptop computers.

Insight Health Solutions is presenting its automated peer review management system, RadiologyInsight, at the 2009 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference in Chicago this month.