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Facilities Use Cloud Computing to Share Radiology Images Carrie Vaughan, Technology Editor It started with a simple goal: to send radiology images to healthcare facilities throughout Montana in a manner that was cheaper and more efficient than using FedEx to mail CDs overnight. About 30 healthcare organizations in Montana joined the grassroots organization called the Image Movement of Montana. After looking at several different vendors' product demonstrations, the group chose to implement eMix, a new cloud-based technology to securely share radiology images and reports, from DR Systems. Here's a strategic look at how IMOM is using the eMix technology and why they determined cloud-computing was the solution for them. [Read More]

December 15, 2009

Editor's Picks
Top 10 Smartphone App Trends for 2010 The number of physicians who own smartphones will increase from 64% to 81% by 2012, according to a report by market-research firm Manhattan Research. The devices are becoming the desktop of the future as hardware improves and programs that were formerly only available on desktops, such as PACS, can now easily fit in a physician's hand. Here's a look at 10 mobile health applications making their way to handheld screens next year. [Read More] Healthcare's 'radical improver' Jonathan Bush, chairman and CEO of Athenahealth, says the problem with U.S. healthcare is that there's "no landscape of choices or choosers." Many physicians don't even know the actual value of the services they render, he says in this opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal. Athenahealth, which leverages cloud computing, strives to help doctors manage their practices and get paid, but the larger goal of the company is to help healthcare resemble a normal market with consumer choice. [Read More] 20 People Who Make Healthcare Better HealthLeaders Media's annual list of 20 People Who Make Healthcare Better is now online. If you haven't already, I highly recommend taking the time to read it. We should be grateful there are people like the 20 profiled in this piece working to make healthcare better. I profiled Kathy Broussard, who founded the Houston Ground Angles and Pilots to transport the ill to and from medical appointments free of charge. We also feature inventor Dean Kamen and patient engagement advocate Dave deBronkart, among others. [Read More] Happy Holidays! From all of us at HealthLeaders Media, happy holidays. HealthLeaders Media IT will not publish next week, but will be back with a new issue December 29.

Tech Headlines
Hospital groups weigh in on federal stimulus package definitions iHealthBeat - December 15, 2009 Microsoft Looks to Expand Healthcare Offerings Les Masterson, for HealthLeaders Media - December 10, 2009 Obama to give $600 million to health centers Reuters/Yahoo News - December 9, 2009 Patient Photos Help Reduce Hospital's Medication Errors Sarah Kearns, for HealthLeaders Media - December 14, 2009 Six HITECH Compliance Tips As You Await Federal Guidance Dom Nicastro, for HealthLeaders Media - December 9, 2009 Radiologists Rap Study Linking CT Scans with Cancer John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media - December 15, 2009

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