Health information exchanges (HIEs) can reduce the chances of unnecessary repeat imaging procedures by as much as 25 percent, according to a study published online Jan. 14 in the American Journal of Managed Care.

McKesson will implement NIMIS within an additional seven hospitals, helping to transform radiology services across Ireland

BURLINGTON, Mass.---Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) announced today the immediate availability of Nuance PowerShare™ Network, the industry’s largest cloud-based network for securely connecting physicians, patients, government agencies, specialty medical societies and others to share essential medical images and reports as simply as people exchange information using social networks. Nuance PowerShare Network promotes informed and connected physicians and patients who can instantly view, share and collaborate while addressing patients’ healthcare needs.

Innovation in wearable technology in the healthcare space continues to push boundaries.Evena Medical, based in Los Altos, Calif., has unveiled its Eyes-On Glasses System, an imaging solution that enables clinicians at the bedside to see “through” a patient’s skin to the vasculature beneath. The goal: better detection of patient veins for precise IV placement.

Royal Solutions Group LLC, a provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions to the Healthcare industry, has deployed Royal Letters™ at Scottsdale Medical Imaging in Scottsdale, AZ allowing for automated letter, email, diagnostic report and notification generation. Royal Letters™ is a service that delivers encrypted emails to patients and providers and can be plugged into almost any existing system or workflow due to its unique file reading capabilities.

NEW ORLEANS—Transitioning from siloed imaging to an enterprise environment delivers multiple benefits and costs can be reduced by leveraging existing technology, according to a March 4 presentation at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference.

Radiology departments have been seeking ways to work better-managing images from multiple PACS and multiple departments and seeking to increase radiologists' reading efficiency by delivering more information to their workstation. In a world of disparate PACS and multi-ology images, the notion of a universal workstation to deliver patient results efficiently is both a necessity and now - a reality.

This month brings, of course, a wealth of reports from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual convention. Journal studies also noted several developments on the advanced visualization front.