Digital Transformation

This evolution of healthcare involves using technology to improve diagnosis, treatments, monitor patients, enhance hospital operations and culture, and bolster consumer-focused care. This includes virtual reality tools, wearable devices, workflow software, health apps and other digital health tools.

AdvaMed itemizes AI imperatives for ‘the entire healthcare ecosystem’
If you work with healthcare AI, you owe it to patients, families and communities to keep certain principles top of mind in everything you do.
6 things high-achieving orgs do to wring real value from AI
What makes an organization an AI leader? Demonstrating success in one of two pursuits.
A modest proposal to rally AI regulators around a simple game plan
As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”
4 points crucial to the nimble regulation of GenAI
With generative AI coming into its own, AI regulators must avoid relying too much on principles of risk management—and not enough on those of uncertainty management.
5 tips to learn AI from scratch and for free
There’s no shortage of resources for healthcare workers who wish they knew AI well enough to talk shop with the technology pros who develop the models. The problem is weeding through the offerings to get to what will really work for you.

Former Medtronic CEO exits retirement early to helm Immucor

William A. Hawkins, former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, will replace outgoing Immucor CEO Joshua Levine, after he steps down from the role Oct. 17, according to a statement from the companys board of directors.

October 10, 2011

JACR: Appropriate use is top strategy to optimize rad dose in abdominal CT

Strategies for optimizing radiation dose in abdominal CT include appropriate use, personalized scanning techniques for patient size and automatic exposure control, according to an article in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

October 7, 2011

Merge aligns with Dell on cloud-based services

Merge Healthcare, a developer of enterprise imaging and interoperability technologies, has selected Dell as its provider of cloud computing services, storage and enterprise hardware products for information access, management and archiving among its portfolio of image interoperability technologies.

October 6, 2011

Survey: Change 510(k) process, don't abandon it

Despite a recent Institute of Medicine report calling for the FDA to abandon its 510(k) medical device clearance process, many experts think reform, not abandonment, is the best path. That was among the findings in a Northwestern University survey funded by the Institute of Health Technology Studies that drew responses from more than 350 companies engaged in developing medical devices.

October 6, 2011

JAMA: Bedside clinicians played key role in tele-ICU study

Netherlands researchers raised questions about a study published in the June edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that reported an association between the implementation of a tele-ICU and improved mortality, shorter lengths of stay, and stricter adherence to best practices.

October 5, 2011

FDA exec takes seat on AAMI standards program

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) has named Carol Herman, an FDA official, as its new senior vice president of standards and policy programs.

October 4, 2011

FDA clears diaphragm system to treat Lou Gehrigs disease

The FDA has approved Synapse Biomedicals NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing System (DPS), used for treatment of patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)Lou Gehrigs diseasewho have stimulatable diaphragms and are experiencing chronic hypoventilation.

October 3, 2011

Amcom gets 510(k) for alert notification tech

The FDA has cleared Amcom's Messenger for market as a Class II medical device. The middleware technology relays alert notifications from patient monitoring and other clinical and safety systems to staff members mobile devices.

September 30, 2011

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Cardiovascular Business

Payment cuts and beyond: Key takeaways for cardiologists from the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals.

AI in Healthcare

A modest proposal to rally AI regulators around a simple game plan

As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”

Cardiovascular Business

FDA commissioner urges clinicians to join fight against medical misinformation

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, said the clinical community needs to combat health misinformation at a grassroots level. He warned that patients are immersed in a "sea of misinformation without a compass."