Last February, IBMs Watson supercomputer captured the worlds imagination when it bested a pair of Jeopardy champions. However, the game show represents the tip of the iceberg as far as meaningful applications of the technology.

TeraRecon highlighted iNtuition Cloud system at this years annual meeting of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe (CIRSE), held in Munich Sept. 10-14.

For national and local health information exchanges (HIEs) running on the CONNECT platform, theres a new version 3.2.1. CONNECT that uses Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) standards and governance to make sure that HIEs are compatible with other exchanges being established across the country.

RSNA Image Share, the RSNA network designed to provide patients with easy access and control of their medical images and reports, has entered into clinical practice. The network will facilitate access to imaging exams for patients and physicians with a goal of enabling better informed medical decisions through improved information sharing.

Certain U.S. rural health networks will receive more than $11.9 million to support their adoption of health IT and certified EHR technology. The funding, announced by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, also will help these rural health networks participating eligible providers qualify for Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive payments, administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

A study of personalized decision support (PDS) showed improvements to people's attitudes and beliefs about colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, increasing the likelihood they would engage in future CRC screening.

Can mobile devices untether radiologists? Evidence is building that these platforms will improve patient care, efficiency and communication in radiology.

Nationwide trends show imaging utilization has flattened, and yet scrutiny over the appropriate use of imaging is just gearing up. With pressure on physicians growing, two chief mechanisms for driving appropriate use are coming to the foreclinical decision support (CDS) and radiology benefits managers (RBMs).