NovaRad has added four new contracts with community hospitals and radiology centers in Idaho.

As healthcare costs continue to skyrocket in the U.S., comparative-effectiveness research has the potential to rein in expenditures by generating evidence that shows how different treatments or drugs compare against each other, in the hope to determine the most beneficial treatment for patients.

Physicians who ignore the socioeconomic status of patients when evaluating their risk for heart disease are missing a crucial element that might result in inadequate treatment, according to a study published in the June issue of the American Heart Journal.

The use of phone and internet between patients and providers is an effective way to reduce risk factors for coronary heart disease as well as the risk of further events after an MI, according to new research published in the June issue of the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation.

Edwards County Hospital in Kinsley, Kan., has selected NovaRad's Web-based PACS, NovaPACS, to access images for interpreting physicians and enhance radiology services for its rural community.

DR Systems has reached a settlement with eRad, leaving NovaRad as the last defendant in a patent infringement lawsuit over a feature on a PACS diagnostic reading workstation.

A pair of rural Mississippi community hospitals, Perry County General Hospital in Richton and Pioneer Community Hospital in Aberdeen, have selected NovaRad technologies for their radiology departments.

There have been several high-profile healthcare IT security breaches resulting in either hackers getting into a systems health records or employees peeking into the records of someone with celebrity status. Whatever the reason, its wise for facilities to take these violations of privacy seriously and act accordingly in the early stages of EHR planning and implementation. One of the problems with healthcare IT -- given today's challenging economy -- is that many facilities might shortchange the process of choosing the most optimal EHR for their needs. The EHR system needs to do many things, including talk across the enterprise, gather data that can be mined in a meaningful way, handle quality metrics for the purpose of reimbursement or other incentives, and be impenetrable to unauthorized individuals.