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    AMA, Google announce interoperability, innovation challenge

    The American Medical Association has joined with Google to kick off a contest to collect ideas of novel approaches to improving mobile health technology, including wearables and smartphone apps, to improve the flow of information between patients and physicians. The goal is to streamline technology to improve management of chronic diseases.

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    How Interoperable Technology Can Enhance the Efficiency of Radiology & IT

    With digital radiology, PACS and RIS in use for 15 years or more at most US hospitals, a disparate system architecture is now the reality for most departments. Multiple PACS and mini-PACS populate the environment, resulting in inefficiencies, increased operating costs, and reduced throughput for departments.

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    Smart IT Strategies for Imaging Growth & Quality Outcomes

    As healthcare reform and big data in medical imaging converge, strategies to facilitate image exchange, mobile access and patient empowerment are essential to improve the quality of patient care. Learn how cloud services can enable improved levels of service, reduce total cost of ownership to redirect capital to other patient-care initiatives and unlock new financial models for growth.

FEATURE: GE pumps $6B into new healthcare initiatives

GE today launched a new healthcare business strategy, healthymagination, dedicating $6 billion to preventive care and consumer-driven initiatives. The new strategy was announced in a live webcast, hosted by Jeff Immelt, chairman and CEO of GE.

Aspyra shuffles execs

Aspyra has announced changes in its management team as part of its business strategy and reorganization efforts, effective April 1.

Smart Talk on Smartphones

As the smartphone overtakes the PDA, questions arise as to whether they are simply just cool new alternatives or whether they are clinical tools, critical to healthcare practitioners workflow. Are some smartphones smarter than others?

Future Forecast: Cloud Computing Brightens Healthcares Dark Skies

Recent developments in global economics have left the fiscal atmosphere for healthcare a roiling tempest. Looking to the horizon, chief medical information officers may see only thunderheads bearing down on their institutions; however, a new application delivery paradigmcloud computingmay offer relief from the financial storms swirling over the landscape.

OrbusNeich sues Boston Scientific over stent patent infringement

Interventional cardiology device developer OrbusNeich Medica has filed a lawsuit alleging patent infringement, breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets against Boston Scientific.

Biodegradable stents could be the ideal stent

Washington, DCMaurice Buchbinder, MD, director of the Foundation for Cardiovascular Medicine in La Jolla, Calif., opened a lecture at CRT 2009 by asking, Why do we need biodegradable stents? What we know about metallic stents is so complete and polished, why should we start all over again and try to define a new prosthesis that goes away?

Confirma launches new MRI CAD in Canada

Confirma, a developer of computer-aided detection (CAD) software for MRI, has released the next generation of CADstream for breast MRI in Canada.

PhRMA: 300+ new meds for heart disease, stroke in U.S. pipeline

A record number of potential medicines to treat heart disease and stroke are in development, according to a report on medicines in the research pipeline by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) .

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