GE Healthcare Performance Solutions and Cisco have joined forces to help hospitals better manage the flow of patients, staff and equipment.

Although the accountable care organization (ACO) model could generate savings and lead to more coordinated care, many organizations that embrace the model could lose money in the first three years, according to a perspective published March 23 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

EMRapproved.com has launched an online resources and EMR technology directory, which provides EMR/EHR research, consulting and vending services, as well as EMR-compatible hardware and technology packages to assist healthcare organizations with EMR implementation and project planning.

Six oncology centers across the country are adding IntelliDose software for oncology-specific functions to their Allscripts EHR systems.

National teleradiology practice Virtual Radiologic (vRad) has updated its telehealth communication systems to provide more immediate communication between referring practices and its subspecialty radiologists.

Thomson Reuters introduced Pharmacy Xpert, part of the Clinical Xpert suite, which is a clinical intelligence dashboard that combines surveillance with Micromedex evidence, in an effort to assist pharmacists with outcomes, costs and risk management, during the HIMSS11 conference in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 20 to Feb. 24.

Medipattern and TomTec Imaging Systems have signed an agreement to integrate Medipatterns B-CAD computer-aided detection (CAD) system into TomTecs Image-Arena Platform Suite.

InterSystems announced a number of partnerships and technology demonstrations at HIMSS11 in Orlando, Fla., last week.