PenRad, Best in KLAS leader for Mammography Information System (MIS) technology, and EBM Technologies, leader in medical information management innovations, today expanded its partnership to deliver image and information management solutions for enhanced diagnostic breast imaging workflow. The agreement includes the PenView Complete Breast Imaging Workstation and Vendor Neutral Archive – both powered by EBM Technologies, to be offered within the PenRad product suite in the United States. MORE

SuccessEHS is pleased to announce that it is one of only 20 Electronic Health Record (EHR) Direct Qualified Vendors nationwide to successfully complete the vetting process for 2012 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) reporting. The designation, given by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), recognizes vendors whose solutions provide the required data elements for the 51 PQRS measures directly from the EHR. MORE

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE and SIX: ZMH), a global leader in musculoskeletal health, today announced the availability of a new patient education application designed for Apple's iPad tablet. The application, Arthritis 411, will help patients learn more about arthritis pain and explore treatment options, including knee and hip replacement procedures. Arthritis 411 is free and available now in the Apple iTunes store. MORE

Electronic prescribing, known as ePrescribing, is continuing to grow steadily in California, potentially increasing the safety of the prescribing process, according to a new report from Cal eConnect. About 25 percent of the state's physicians are sending prescriptions electronically, the report estimates, compared with 3 percent in 2007. At the same time, just 16 percent of eligible prescriptions are routed electronically, despite the fact that most community pharmacies are set up for ePrescribing. MORE

Interbit Data, a leading provider of software and services connecting people with information for more efficient healthcare, today announced it has expanded its sales and support teams with the hiring of an additional sales representative and a customer technical support professional. MORE

Accredited Standards Committee X12 (ASC X12) announces plans for the 006020 (6020™) TR3s. After meeting with health care industry stakeholders and assessing the current and planned health care industry initiatives, ASC X12 will not recommend its 6020 Type 3 Technical Reports (TR3s) to the Designated Standards Maintenance Organizations (DSMO) for consideration of adoption under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). MORE

ABILITY Network Inc™, the nation’s largest and most secure web-based health network, announced today that gloStream has selected ABILITY’s DirectABILITY for secure and direct communications transport. DirectABILITY will be integrated into gloEMR, gloStream’s flagship electronic medical record solution, as well as gloSuite, gloStream’s integrated EMR and practice management offering. The end result will be seamless workflow efficiency for end-users to securely exchange health information data with patients and other healthcare professionals and entities. MORE

On Friday January 6, 2012 Rio Grande Hospital ("RGH") in Del Norte Colorado successfully submitted Medicare attestation for an inpatient EHR using the Amrita Hospital Information System. MORE

Elsevier, the leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today the availability of SimChart, an educational simulated electronic health record (EHR) system designed for nursing students. MORE

Caduceus Software Systems Corp. (OTCBB:CSOC) - (The Company), is pleased to inform the public of some of its current project and software undertakings. The Company's flagship product, Caduceus MMS version 1.0, is an all-in-one software solution for medical offices which practitioners and medical clerks can use to manage patient bookings, patient private diagnoses and data (also known as Electronic Health Records, or EHR), and process billing (also known as Electronic Medical Billing, or EMB). MORE