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While 60 percent of radiologists are planning on or considering qualifying for meaningful use, only 6 percent consider themselves educated on the topic, according to a KLAS news release.

The National Library of Medicine has updated its RxNorm standard clinical drug vocabulary for electronic health records, according to a news release by NLM.

Sanford Health in Fargo, N.D., and Sioux Falls, S.D., is hiring 100 temporary positions to help train employees on the Sanford One Chart electronic medical records system, according to a Grand Forks Herald report.

All five members of the village council have unanimously opposed Ridgewood, N.J.-based Valley Hospital's renewal plan, according to a Ridgewood News report.

Henrico Doctors' Hospital in Richmond, Va., has completed its five-year, $100 million expansion project, according to a Times-Dispatch report.

Skaggs Regional Medical Center in Branson, Mo., has changed its payment policy in efforts to reduce the hospital's level of bad debt, which is higher than the national and state average, according to an Ozarks First report.

A bill by U.S. Representative Tom Marino (R-Pa.) that would provide legal protection to electronic record users has been met with some opposition, according to a Times Leader report.

Children's Health System, based in Norfolk, Va., has reported operating income and operating revenues of $16.9 million and $349.5 million, respectively, for 2011, according to a Virginian-Pilot report.

Wayne Bennett has been appointed CFO at Franklin Community Health Network and Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, Maine.

Dunkirk, N.Y.-based Lake Erie Regional Health System has named Linda Summers COO of TLC Health Network, which is based in Gowanda, N.Y., according to an Observer Today report.