The use of grid technologies and dynamic service deployment may alleviate concerns of data privacy that arise in multi-institutional collaborations, according to study results presented this morning at the 2009 Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) conference in Charlotte, N.C.

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) is transitioning its timelines to adapt to new requirements specified in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), as well as the still-emerging work of the Office of the National Coordinator and its committees.

TeraMedica Healthcare Technology, along with its partner Sun Microsystems of Santa Clara, Calif., will now offer a pre-configured solution for viewing and managing clinical images from different modalities in order to bring secure image sharing to the point of care.

The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT is seeking public comment on a proposed plan to award contracts to establish regional health IT extension centers, according to a draft plan published Thursday in the Federal Register.

A team of computer security experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a working definition for cloud computing--a computer technique with potential for achieving "significant cost savings and IT agility."

MxSecure is planning to incorporate M*Modal's Conversational Documentation Services and speech recognition technology into its client offerings.

UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group company, is collaborating with the California Regional Health Information Organization (CalRHIO) to support California's statewide electronic health information exchange (HIE) initiative.

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) has approved the final 2009-2010 criteria for certification of ambulatory, inpatient and emergency department EHRs, and for its newly developed stand-alone e-prescribing certification.