The Harvard Clinical Research Institute (HCRI) has reported that the first patients have been enrolled in the DAPT [dual-antiplatelet therapy] Study, marking the official initiation of the four-year clinical trial to investigate the duration of dual-antiplatelet therapy following drug-eluting stent (DES) implantations.

U.S. e-prescribing network Surescripts has reported that more than 140,000 (23 percent) of all office-based physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the United States are now e-prescribing.

Fonar has reported a profit of $1.1 million for the 2009 fiscal year ending June 30, a striking improvement over its fiscal 2008 performance in which the company posted a net loss of $13.5 million.

Routine use of EHRs may improve the quality of care provided in community-based primary care practices more than other common strategies intended to raise the quality of medical care, according to study findings published Oct. 6 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

A defined framework for secondary data will need to be developed in order for more organizations to deploy health IT systems, according to a survey conducted between May and June and published by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Nuance Communications has acquired eCopy, a provider of solutions that integrates paper documents into business software applications, for approximately $54 million in Nuance common stock.

Patients given whole-brain radiotherapy are at greater risk of decline in learning and memory function; therefore, stereotactic radiosurgery plus close clinical monitoring should be the standard initial treatment, according to results of a clinical trial published online Oct. 3, before the November edition of Lancet Oncology.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has released a report on how the Columbia Basin Health Association has used health IT to transition paper based-charts into an EMR system, making it one of the first in the United States to fully complete the switchover to an EHR.