DICOM Grid, a provider of a cloud-based platform for medical imaging management, has made available DICOM Grid ImageCare, a cloud computing platform to assist searching, sharing and exchanging medical images using consumer web applications such as Google, Facebook and iTunes.

Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio has partnered with health IT services company My LifePlan to provide personal health management for students and faculty emergency care.

Genesis HealthCare System, based in Zanesville, Ohio, has deployed BIO-key Internationals biometric identification system, enabling staff to securely establish their identity when ordering, verifying or administering medications.

CHICAGO--Integrating tablets into radiology practice could help bridge the gap between PACS residential systems and smartphones, and using these mobile devices to evaluate imaging exams maintains diagnostic accuracy, according to a study presented Nov. 29 at the 96th annual scientific meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

The University of Tennessee Medical Center has reportedly sent notification letters alerting 8,000 patients that hospital reports containing private information were not properly disposed.

CHICAGO--Using a video game remote (Wiimote, Nintendo) to access and view radiology images could be a viable alternative to the mouse and keyboard and may help alleviate the repetitive stress injuries radiologists so often report, according to a study presented this morning at the 96th annual scientific meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Montage Healthcare Solutions is collaborating with Nuance Communications to assist radiologists and practice managers in searches of radiology report databases.

CHICAGO--To better monitor and report radiation exposure data, the utilization of IHE Radiation Exposure Monitoring (REM) profiles and the better reporting of dose information to national registries have the potential to decrease radiation dose and overexposure during imaging exams, according to a presentation Nov. 28 at the 96th annual scientific meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).