Telemedicine faces its share of hurdles, but CMS is getting ready to lower one of the regulatory stumbling blocks. And none too soon: As we wrote in the cover story of the May issue of CMIO, because physicians are licensed and credentialed by state, it can be difficult for them to practice across state linesas telemedicine requires in many areas.

A team of Georgia Tech College of Computing graduate students took the top three awards in the recent NHIN CONNECT Code-a-Thon Challenge in Miami.

A wireless monitoring system for people with debilitating conditions, such as Parkinson's disease or chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), could allow healthcare workers to assess a patient's health and the development of their disease without hindering their movements, according to an article in the May edition of the International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology.

In vivo 3T MRI can detect features of vulnerable plaques in an animal model of controlled atherothrombosis and MRI may be used as a noninvasive modality for the identification of plaques that are prone to disruption, according to a study published in the May issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging.

Diagnostic imaging systems provider Toshiba America Medical Systems has installed its Vantage Titan open-bore MR system at Bellevue, Wash.-based Overlake Hospital.

Mobile x-ray-based imaging technologies provider Ziehm Imaging and cardiology and Netherlands-based radiology software provider Pie Medical Imaging (PMI) have partnered for the integration and distribution of PMI's cardiovascular angiography analysis system with Ziehms mobile cardiovascular imaging technologies.

General Electric has released the inaugural annual report for healthymagination, its business strategy for sustainable healthcare, which detailed the milestones since its May 2009 kickoff, including the 24 products and services launched and a $700 million investment in research & development (R&D).

Gentiva Health Services has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Odyssey HealthCare in an all-cash transaction for a price of $27 per share of Odyssey common stock, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1 billion.