Emdeon, a Nashville, Tenn.-based provider of revenue and payment cycle management solutions, has launched the U.S. Healthcare Efficiency Index, designed to establish a national reference for tracking and measuring the transition from a paper- and phone-based system to an electronic one.

Global Med Technologies, Inc. of Denver has announced that its European subsidiary, Inlog S.A., has licensed the company’s EdgeTrack transfusion software – marketed as “Hemo Serveur” in France – to 21 Assistance Publique – Hospitaux de Paris (AP-HP) hospitals, representing 23,000 patient beds.

Orion Health, of Santa Monica, Calif., has announced that the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, based in Juneau. has selected the company’s Rhapsody Integration Engine to help its different electronic health record, radiology, pharmacy, laboratory and business programs communicate with one another.

Nuance Communications has integrated its RadWher for Radiology speech reporting solution with DeJarnette PACSware Intelligent Router. In addition, the company has launched RadPort for Radiology 2.0 and Veriphy 3.0, the latter a critical test result management (CTRM) solution designed to enable healthcare providers to compley with the Joint Commission’s accreditation requirement for the communication of critical patient test results. Also, the company has announced a reseller agreement with Amirsys to integrate Nuance’s PowerScribe for Radiology with Amirsys’ STATdx Premier on-demand radiology reference system.

TriCipher, the Los Gatos, Calif.-based developer of strong authentication solutions, has announced that its MySignatureBook digital signage solution has been certified as compliant with the SAFE-BioPharma digital identity and signature standard.

IBM has unveiled the Healthcare Image and Information Grid (HIIG) framework, a combination of imaging and information archiving technologies designed to provide complete and timely access to imaging and diagnostic information at the point of care.

Motorola has announced the implementation of its T2 power broadband system to enable three French hospitals managed by leading European healthcare provider Generale de Sante to deliver voice, data and video services.

Agfa Healthcare has integrated Median’s Lesion Management Solutions (LMS), providing advanced clinical applications for CT oncology to radiologists, into the company’s IMPAX platform. In addition, the company has been selected by King Edward VII’s Hospital Sister Agnes in the UK as the provider of choice for its Radiology Information Systems (RIS), Picture Archiving and Co0mmunications Systems (PACS) and Computed Radiography (CR) solutions. The company also announced that it has received U.S. Air Force approval for its IMPAX 6.3 and IMPAX Data Center products. In addition, the company has announced that ProHealth Care of Wisconsin has acquired 10 DX-S CR Systems for three facilities, Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital and the D.N. Greenwald Center in Mukwanogo.