CMIO.net has been offering a glimpse at some of the results of our first-ever Top Trends/CMIO Census survey this week, in honor of the fifth-annual National Health IT Week, which is happening in Washington, D.C. Interoperability has been front and center at this weeklong event and our survey results reflect that focus among CMIOs in the field as well.

Versus Technology of Traverse City, Mich., a provider of real-time locating systems (RTLS) to hospitals and clinics, has entered a partnership with Iatric Systems, a Meditech integration services provider. The partnership will allow Meditech customers to add Versus RTLS data to existing systems for clinical location and automation.

Biotronik has released its ProMRI pacing systemsEvia pacemaker and Safio pacing leadsto the European market.

Litzenberg Memorial County Hospital in Central City, Neb., and Pioneer Community Hospital of Patrick County in Stuart, Va., have selected NovaRad RIS/PACS.

GE Healthcare has added the Saas (Software as a Service) tool for small, independent clinical practices, Centricity Advance, to its Centricity family; offering a combination of EMR, practice management and patient portal tools.

Michelson Diagnostics, a developer of multi-beam optical coherence tomography (OCT) products, has entered into a reseller agreement with London-based Biotronics3D, a developer of software applications for the diagnostic imaging industry.

Although it was just released in April, Apple's iPad has been on the minds and in the hands of numerous healthcare professionals seeking a balance between the convenience of their smartphones and the screen areas of laptops. While Apple has reportedly sold two million iPads globally as of the end of last month, early healthcare provider adopters have found the device, its uses and environment are already in flux.

Children who undergo brain MRIs for routine indications commonly result in unexpected-but-benign findings, and pediatricians are experiencing disclosure dilemmas as a result, said a study published online June 14 in Pediatrics.