It’s fitting that in the week leading up to the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference next week in New Orleans, our top stories focused on cutting-edge technology and communication.

Carestream Health’s MyVue patient portal will be available as a cloud service in March.

Customized EMR modules can be leveraged to improve the ability of physicians to accurately locate support devices, such as catheters, lines and tubes, on radiography in the intensive care unit (ICU) and beyond, according to an article published in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

The University of California, San Francisco, a pilot site of the RSNA Image Share project, conducted physician and patient surveys 12 months after launching the electronic personal health record.

Women who receive healthcare from providers equipped with an EHR may be more likely to be referred for a mammogram and other preventive health services, and the link may be stronger with more sophisticated EHR systems, according to a study published in the February issue of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 

An approach that combines digital imaging with genomic sequencing to match lung cancer patients with treatments could result in improved survival rates, according to researchers at Ohio State University, Columbus, and University of Kentucky, Lexington.

Most primary care physicians (PCPs) are satisfied with radiology reporting and recommendations, according to results of a survey published Feb. 1 in the Journal of American College of Radiology. However, the survey offered a few surprises, including a universal objection to radiologists delivering results to patients.

The University of Virginia (UVA) Health System will deploy M*Modal Fluency Direct and M*Modal Catalyst for Quality to speech-enable its EHR systems.