Sage Healthcare has announced that it will be the Signature Sponsor at the Texas Health Institute’s Texas Health Information Technology Summit, the state’s foremost conference on health information technology (HIT), April 22 through 24, 2010, in Dallas at the Sheraton Dallas North Hotel. The Summit brings healthcare experts, practitioners and IT leaders together to discuss and learn more about e-prescribing, electronic health record (EHR) implementation, Health Information Exchanges (HIE), federal stimulus funding and Meaningful Use. Read more...

GE Healthcare has announced the availability of Vscan, a new, pocket-sized visualization tool developed to provide physicians with imaging capabilities at the point-of-care. Roughly the size of a smart phone, Vscan houses powerful, ultra-smart ultrasound technology that provides clinicians with an immediate, non-invasive method to help secure visual information about what is happening inside the body. Vscan is portable and can easily be taken from room to room to be used in many clinical, hospital or primary care settings. Read more...

MacPractice, the leading Apple developer of practice management and clinical software on Macs and iPhones for medical offices, has announced the launch of new iPad integration solutions that allow doctors to use all MacPractice products on an iPad to leverage the efficiency and ease of use of Apple’s latest innovation to streamline care, save time and reduce the risk of data entry errors. Read more...