From the mountain of nominations we received this year, it’s clear thatIT and technological advances have permeated a wide range of facilitytypes rather than just a few large, comprehensive medical centers.

Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt is concerned that thehealth information technology bill pending in the Senate “would createsignificant barriers to continued progress already under way,” he saidin a June 26 letter, according to Government Health IT News.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has provided a supplemental documentto its field directive on safe harbors for health IT donations with aquestion-and-answer document.

The digital dashboard not only steers daily PACS and imaging operations, but also can color the roadmap for future travels.

The “Divided We Fail” coalition, comprised of the AARP, BusinessRoundtable and SEIU, which together represent more than 50 millionAmericans, endorsed bi-partisan legislation that spurs adoption of anationwide interoperable HIT system.

Data compression has always been a controversial subject. But what are the current thoughts: do you or don’t you compress radiology images? We sat down with pro-compression guru Eliot Siegel, MD, as well as gathering a counterpoint view from Paul Chang, MD. See what they think.

Bipartisan legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate that aims toincrease adoption of IT among health providers who treat low-incomepatients and provide grant funds for IT projects.

CodeRyte Inc. has added two key leaders to its health IT marketingteam. Laura Serrano-Haggard joins CodeRyte as director of marketing andLindsey Henry Moss joins as senior marketing communications strategist.