Also called personalized medicine, this evolving field makes use of an individual’s genes, lifestyle, environment and other factors to identify unique disease risks and guide treatment decision-making.
Masimo's MightySat Medical is the first FDA-cleared pulse oximeter available to consumers without a prescription, which could disrupt the market for the notoriously inaccurate at-home devices.
MediView’s technologies utilize AR to provide clinicians with 3D “X-ray vision” guidance during minimally invasive procedures and surgeries, while also offering remote collaboration.
Telemedicine has been touted as a promising strategy to increase the efficiency of ICUs. While patients needs and costs of adult critical care continue to rise, the benefits of a tele-ICU intervention may be associated with lower mortality and shorter length of stay, in addition to stricter adherence to best practices, according to a study published in the June 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Siemens Healthcare has received the CE mark for its Biograph mMR system, a whole-body molecular MR with simultaneous MR and PET data acquisition technology.
Nightingale Informatix has partnered with ExpeData to launch Clinipen, an integrated digital writing tool that healthcare providers can use to input structured data into a patient's EMR directly from paper.
After the Senate knocked down the House of Representatives bid to dramatically shrink Medicare, bipartisan leadership of the House Subcommittee on Health is now urging the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to reconsider its move to plug holes in the Stark Law and limit reimbursement for self-referred imaging.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare, has renewed IT company CGI's contract for $44.9 million to help prevent, detect, deter and correct improper provider payments within Pennsylvania's Medicaid Medical Assistance program.
The early measurement of coronary flow reserve (CRF) by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography can be of high value for the assessment of successful reperfusion in acute MI and can be used to predict left ventricular functional recovery, myocardial viability and the final infarct size, according to a study published online May 28 in Cardiovascular Ultrasound.
One of the missing links in the diagnosis of autism is a non-invasive, objective diagnostic test that can be applied as early as possible to allow physicians to develop an intervention plan. Passive auditory stimulation during a functional MRI (fMRI) exam may provide that key, according to results of a forthcoming study to be published in the July issue of Radiology.
Transitioning between EHR systems, even those with substantial clinical decision support (CDS), may pose important safety threats, according to a recent study published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
HHS has thought through the ways AI can and should become an integral part of healthcare, human services and public health. Last Friday—possibly just days ahead of seating a new secretary—the agency released a detailed plan for getting there from here.
Philips is recalling the software associated with its Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry devices after certain high-risk ECG events were never routed to trained cardiology technicians as intended. The issue, which lasted for two years, has been linked to more than 100 injuries.
Heart Rhythm Society President Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, detailed a new advocacy group focused on improving EP reimbursements, patient care and access. “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu," he said.
