A $1.6 million Health Resources and Services Administration grant willbe used to create an EHR network to allow sixsouthern Illinois medical facilities to share patient information.

Victoria Bradley, RN, DNP, has joined Eclipsys, a provider of medical management software, as its chief nursing informatics officer.

Cardiovascular information systems (CVIS) are providing the means to integrate the business of cardiology with the practice of cardiology at the point of care—with great results for managers.

Health imaging operations have become increasingly difficult inrecent years. 2007 in particular has been a milestone with thereimbursement reductions from the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) hittingimaging facilities and departments hard, according to the findings of our annual Top Trends survey inwhich 483 imaging and IT professionals offered their viewpoint.

It seems that the imaging and IT community was busy enough trying to improve workflow, increase efficiency, build referrals and fight for payments—then along came the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) and things got even worse.

A majority of Americans favor the development of a nationwide healthinformation network (NHIN), according to a poll taken this month takenby research firms American Viewpoint and the Mellman Group. The pollwas conducted at the request of HIMSS.

The New York State Department of Health is making $105.75 million ingrant funds available for regional health information organizations(RHIOs) who submit applications about their healthcare IT needs.

AcerMed, an ambulatory EMR provider in Irvine, California, has gone out of business, and its president, Richard Younis, blames a lawsuit with MedInformatix for the company's demise.