Wellstar, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Trillennium Medical Imaging, has stated it plans to transition to a virtual cloud data system for imaging storage.

Combining national radiology incident reporting systems with appropriate analysis and action can result in significantly safer healthcare. However, optimal deployment requires integration into a wider safety quality and risk management framework, according to an article in this month's Journal of American College of Radiology.

Health IT company Harris has named John Heller president of its IT services business, reporting to Daniel R. Pearson, chief operating officer.

Allocade has begun offering new capabilities for its On-Cue operations management software suite including electronic protocoling and an enterprise viewer to facilitate communications and manage operations for clinical staff.

An analysis of data from 2005 through 2008 of nine metropolitan areas in the U.S. indicates that healthcare-associated invasive methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections decreased among patients with infections that began in the community or in the hospital, according to a study in the Aug. 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

WellCare Health Plans posted a net loss of $128.9 million for the second quarter of 2010, which ended June 30, compared with a net income of $37 million for the second quarter of 2009, partly due to a combined $334 million in settlement payments related to a $40 million pattern of reimbursement fraud in contracts for federal-funded healthcare programs from 2002-2007.

Information on adverse events, medical errors and ways to prevent them in Washington hospitals and facilities is now online on a recently uploaded website where errors are reported by medical facilities and tracked by the state health department to improve patient safety and care at hospitals and facilities across the state, according to the Washington State Department of Health.

Entrada has released eDictate, a mobile application for clinics, hospitals and surgery centers that extends automated clinical documentation processes to iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad devices.