In a recent study that measured the state of electronic health record (EHR) use by doctors and hospitals, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and George Washington University (GWU) estimate that one in four doctors (24.9 percent) use EHRs to improve how they deliver care to patients. However, less than one in 10 are using what experts define as a "fully operational" system that collects patient information, displays test results, allows providers to enter medical orders and prescriptions and helps doctors make treatment decisions.

IMV Limited’s 2006 ServiceTrak survey has named the GE Healthcare number one in 13 key performance categories for radiology/OB ultrasound service – including effectiveness in resolving problems, remote-service diagnostic efficiency, and overall service performance relative to charge.
In one year, GE has also posted improvements in 26 of the 33 performance categories.

Allscripts , a provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions, has announced that North Medical P.C. in New York will deploy TouchWorks Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management to automate and connect clinical and administrative processes for 65 providers. The contract marks the largest sale of the integrated Allscripts solution.

Radiologists can access and view a patient’s previous study next to a current study. CADalog also provides an organized, convenient system for storing and accessing teaching studies.

Nonin Medical Inc. has acquired Swedish medical technology company MedAir AB. With the acquisition, MedAir, which specializes in developing and manufacturing optical equipment for medical gas analysis, has become a wholly owned subsidiary of Nonin Medical.

CIVCO Medical Solutions has expanded its offering of Indexed Patient Positioning System (IPPS) compatible with positioning and fixation accessories. Now all SINMED branded products such as the Combifix and Thorawedge are IPPS compatible, expanding the number of treatment options available for the two-pin indexing system.

Forty children died from encephalitis in the past fortnight in India, taking the overall toll to 262 in two months amid nationwide outbreaks of other mosquito-borne viruses, health officials have said. "Two more children died of encephalitis overnight. The toll now is 262," senior health official Umakant Prasad told AFP Thursday in northern Uttar Pradesh state, adding the majority were children.

Siemens Medical Solutions and Universal Health Services (UHS) announced today their designation as winners of the 2006 Collaboration Award presented by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) for their collaborative disaster recovery efforts when Hurricane Katrina virtually destroyed two UHS hospitals.

UltraRAD Corp. announced yesterday the UltraGATEWAY Lite Version 2.0, the newest version of the DICOM image router. This version includes the same features as the UltraGATEWAY DICOM router, including, DICOM standard encryption, JPEG2000 support, DICOM Storage commitment, support for simultaneous inbound and outbound DICOM streams and advanced auto-routing features.

BreastScreen Victoria, part of the Australian national breast cancer screening program, is conducting a three-year pilot project to explore the feasibility of a move to digital mammography. A system for managing and archiving digital breast images from the IT and medical-technology company Sectra will be used in this project.
The first phases of the project, known as the Rural Broadband Digital Mammography Project, have now been successfully implemented and two screening and assessment services have been converted to a digital operating environment.

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