Mentor, Ohio-based STERIS Corp. has entered into a collaborative relationship with Sunnyvale, Calf.-based Intuitive Surgical that will enable the companies to integrate their technologies into advanced minimally invasive surgical suites, according to a STERIS news release.

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in New York plans to offer subsidizes of up to $40,000 over five years to each of its 7,000 affiliated physicians for adopting electronic health records, according to a report by the New York…

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has announced its 2009 Davies Award recipients for excellence in the use of health information technology, according to a HIMSS news release.

SourceMedical, a leading provider of outpatient information solutions and services for ASCs, surgical hospitals and rehabilitation clinics nationwide, has announced the launch of its Vision for Specialty Hospitals software, according to a SourceMedical news release.

The three major health systems in Camden, N.J., are partnering with local physicians to create a health information exchange so that the groups can share health records of patients who approve their participation in the exchange, according to a report…

Three of the largest health systems in Maryland and a large retirement community operator have joined together to build a statewide health information exchange network, according to a report by the Baltimore Sun.

Burlington, Mass.-based Nuance Communications, a leading supplier of speech solutions, announced that eClinicalWorks, a privately held leader in the ambulatory clinical systems market, and McKesson Practice Partner, a leading integrated electronic health record, medical billing and appointment scheduling software, have…

InformationWeek has named Hospital Corporation of America to its 2009 InformationWeek 500, which lists the nation's most innovative users of business technology, according to an HCA news release.

Middlesex Hospital has launched an online clock for the emergency departments at three of its locations: Middletown, Conn., Essex, Conn., and Marlborough, Conn., according to a report in the Hartford Courant.

Pittsburgh-based Highmark launched a new Web tool that allows patients to compare the costs different medical facilities charge for 17 elective surgical procedures, according to a report in Insurance & Financial Advisor.