Integrated systems assist patient care strategies and access to care, but face various operational challenges, including care in underserved populations, according to a November report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Nuance Communications has expanded its transcription portfolio with Nuance Transcription Services, an outsourced transcription service to assist clinical documentation and patient care initiatives.

McKesson (Booth 8350) is highlighting its Horizon Cardiology 12.2, a cardiovascular information system (CVIS) that includes integrated hemodynamic monitoring and ECG management at the 2010 Radiological Society of North America conference in Chicago, Nov. 28 to Dec. 3.

The error rate for Medicare fee-for-service claims in 2010 dropped to 10.5 percent, or $34.3 billion in estimated improper claims payments, from the 12.4 percent 2009 error rate, or $35.4 billion, and is on track for a 50 percent reduction by 2012, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

As hospitals consider emergency department (ED) strategies to help satisfy meaningful use objectives, they seek a blend of functionality and integration, according to a report by healthcare research firm KLAS.

The iHealth Alliance, a not-for-profit organization composed of medical society and professional liability carrier executives in collaboration with federal agencies and PDR Network, publisher of the Physicians Desk Reference, have formed a new EHR safety reporting system.

Imaging systems and IT provider Agfa HealthCare announced that prices on all of its imaging film products will increase worldwide.

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) has released A Blueprint for Telerehabilitation Guidelines, which discusses key administrative, clinical, technical and ethical principles that should be considered in the course of providing telerehabilitation services to inform and assist practitioners in providing services based on client needs, current empirical evidence and available technologies.