MRI scans of teenage males with conduct disorder showed reduced amygdala volume in adolescent males diagnosed with early-onset and adolescent-onset conduct disorders, suggesting a potential neurological basis for both subtypes. The study, published in the April issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, also reported that the amygdala and insula were strikingly smaller in teenagers diagnosed with conduct disorder and that greater reductions in insula volume correlated with more severe behavior problems.

IT companies need to bring in doctors and other healthcare stakeholders in order to ensure that new technologies and applications are actually useful--a process which is currently fragmented at best, according to a paper published in a recent special issue of the Journal of the Association for Information Systems.

Healthcare group purchasing organization Amerinet has selected  4medica as a healthcare IT connectivity supplier to the organization's 2,729 hospital members.

Dynamic 11C-PiB PET can be used to measure cerebral beta-amyloid deposition in Down syndrome, according to a study published online March 14 in the Archives of Neurology.

The American Medical Association (AMA) has introduced a mobile application to assist physicians as they search for Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) billing codes.

Abbott has received clearance from the FDA to begin marketing i-STAT 1 Wireless, a wireless version of the company's point-of-care testing system.

A digital divide appears to exist among primary care patients adopting an online personal health record (PHR), according to The Digital Divide in Adoption and Use of a PHR, a report in the March 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

Eduardo Locatelli, MD, has been appointed CMIO of Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.