The Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh, part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, is the first childrens hospital to receive the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics Stage 7 Award, according to the society.

Exposing patients with chronic sinus disease to allergens and then obtaining repeated images by x-ray or ultrasound reveals that nasal allergies may be involved in some cases of chronic sinus disease, according to a study in the December issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

Agfa HealthCare, a provider of diagnostic imaging and health IT solutions, has signed a new four-year distribution agreement with its Chinese partners, responsible for the sale, distribution, installation and servicing of its medical imaging products in the Peoples Republic of China.

EHR use will always require human input to recontextualize knowledge, according to a review published December in Milbank Quarterly.

Philips Healthcare showcased advancements and upgrades focused on managing radiation dose to expand clinical capabilities at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North American in Chicago earlier this month. The company also showed the iDose X-ray dose reduction solution and the DoseAware radiation dose tracking system.

Doses of radiation from commonly performed CT scans vary widely, appear higher than generally believed and may contribute to an estimated tens of thousands of future cancer cases, according to two studies in the Dec. 14/28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

The Certification Commission for Health IT has named three appointees to its board of trustees and five new commissioners, whose terms begin Jan. 1, 2010.

Large irregular polyps, despite being correctly marked by computer-aided detection (CAD) software, are often ignored by reporting radiologists during CT colonography. A group of researchers from University College Hospital in London, writing in the December issue of Radiology, endeavored to find out why.