Spatial patterns detected using a support vector machine may help further exploration of the specific genetic and neuropathological underpinnings of autism spectrum disorder in adults, and can potentially provide new insights into the multifactorial etiology of the condition, according to a study published online Aug. 11 in the Journal of Neuroscience.

The latest quarterly update to research firm ABI Researchs enterprise mobility regional market data sets shows that healthcare, retail and manufacturing will command more than 36 percent of all mobile business customer data revenues worldwide over the next five years.

Automated retrieval of topic-specific and event-specific data according to schedule and care unit census can improve the efficiency of services delivered in radiology and may potentially improve the quality and safety of those services, according to an article in this month's Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Healthcare benefits software company Benefitfocus has acquired healthcare and benefits information management company Benefit Informatics for an undisclosed amount to bring claims data analytics, data warehousing, trending, forecasting and financial analysis to its platform.

Indiana Health IT Extension Center (I-HITEC), as a collaborative statewide initiative led by Purdue University in Indianapolis, has selected health IT company iSalus as an EMR preferred software partner to serve Indianas healthcare community as part of the federal stimulus program to implement EMR software systems.

Forty-eight percent of IT decision makers in the private and public sectors anticipate increased IT budgets in the next six months, up 10 percentage points from this time last year, according to new research from health IT company CDW.

NextGate has released MatchMetrix 7, a master data management (MDM) platform used to build industry-specific indexes, and three MDM suites for healthcare organizations that are built on the MatchMetrix 7 MDM platform.

Orion Healthcare Ventures has completed the transaction to acquire the assets of Aspyra for an undisclosed sum.