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.

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

Management Health delivers software solution

Management Health Solutions has made available its 2-Bin Mobile Supply Chain Software to hospitals and other healthcare facilities nationwide.

May 3, 2011

CTG launches risk assessment software

CTG has developed a new software solution, the CTG Risk Profile Manager (RPM), which addresses vendor risk assessment and management.

May 3, 2011

Canon adds to digital radiography portfolio

Canon has introduced four flat-panel digital radiography systems, the CXDI-401C, CXDI-401C COMPACT, CXDI-401G and CXDI-401G Compact DR Systems.

May 3, 2011

Agfa bumps price of medical film

Agfa HealthCare has increased prices on medical film by as much as 70 percent.

May 3, 2011

Halfpenny expands reporting application

Halfpenny Technologies has released the latest version of its ITF-GoDoc mobile results reporting application.

May 2, 2011

Omnicell updates medication and supply platform

Omnicell has unveiled its fourth-generation Omnicell G4 platform that includes 11 products for medication and supply automation management.

May 2, 2011

Survey: ER visits on the rise despite healthcare system changes

Eighty percent of emergency physicians said that emergency visits are increasing despite healthcare reform and changes in reimbursement, and almost 97 percent of these visits were referred by primary care physicians, according to a survey released April 28 by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). These results defy the commonly held assumption that patients are choosing to go to the emergency department for non-emergency care rather than primary care, ACEP stated.

May 2, 2011

ImageWorks offers mobile CT scanner

ImageWorks has released NewTom VGi Flex Cone Beam CT scanner as a mobile offering.

April 29, 2011

Around the web

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."