Exploiting input from radiologists and referring physicians, structured reporting provides physicians with clearer and more thorough radiologic findingsbut the development of an efficient system remains a major challenge for radiology, according to a study published online April 25 in Radiology.

Kela Medical has launched its pHR card, a technology developed to provide patients and their healthcare providers secure access to personal health records.

The Florida Department of Health and the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene are finalists for the Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Public Health Davies Award for epidemiological surveillance and an EHR network for underserved populations, respectively.

The newly opened Spire Shawfair Park Hospital has installed Siemens Axiom Luminos dRF and Ysio wi-D DR systems.

The International Standards Organization (ISO) has released ISO 14155:2011, an International Standard for assessing the safety and performance of medical devices, intended to protect patients and provide a technical basis for regulation while minimizing the technical barriers to trade.

St. Alexius Hospital has selected Carestream Health's PACS for its 200-bed facility.

Computer-aided detection (CAD) and radiotherapy company iCAD posted a net loss of $4.20 million in the first quarter (Q1) of 2011, compared with losses totaling $1.18 million in Q1 of last year.

Corepoint Health, a healthcare integration software provider, and Champion Medical Technologies, which offers IT for tissue and implant tracking, have partnered to develop a system that enables healthcare organzations to track information from Champion applications such as GraftTracker and UDITracker.