Market research firm Frost & Sullivan has released its list of the top 10 medical device and imaging technologies that will help manage the increasing frequency of chronic diseases around the globe.

HEALTHeLINK today announced Buffalo Ultrasound has joined Western New York’s clinical information exchange as its first mobile imaging data source. Diagnostic quality images for both radiology and echocardiography studies as well as reports from Buffalo Ultrasound’s testing centers including all mobile locations can now be securely and electronically accessed through HEALTHeLINK by more than 3,400 participating physicians.

Almost one-quarter of hospitals are finding, sending, receiving and using data electronically and those that do all four activities are nine times more likely to report they have information available at the point of care compared to those who report doing none of those activities.

A paper published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine offers recommendations for improving a national health information exchange that would improve the state of emergency medicine. 

Co-founder and former president and CEO of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Richard A. Correll will retire on June 30, after 23 years.

BERLIN, Germany, 2 June 2015: Denmark emerges as the number one country to start an mHealth business according to a survey conducted by research2guidance in partnership with HIMSS Europe.

San Diego, Calif., May 12, 2015 – San Diego resident Sue Diaz wishes the electronic exchange of information vital to a patient’s care had been in place several months ago. She tells the story of rushing a friend suddenly stricken by an apparent seizure to a nearby hospital. When they arrived, the woman was semi-conscious, partially paralyzed and unable to speak. Her husband had gone fishing that morning and couldn’t be reached.

Veratad Technologies, LLC, a world class provider of global age and identity verification solutions, announced today that it will be showcasing its suite of patient identity verification solutions at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference and Exhibition in Chicago (booth #7437), April 12-16, 2015.