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.
Last month, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) launched the HL7/IHE Health Story Implementation Guide Consolidation Project, an effort to consolidate required health information exchange (HIE) specifications. The project is a collaboration of Health Level Seven (HL7) International, Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) and the Health Story Project.
Six products from Axway, Cleo Communications, GXS, IBM and Sterling Commerce, an IBM company, have completed AS3-1Q11 automated interoperability testing, and are now certified, according to Drummond Group test lab.
Main Line Health, a nonprofit health system serving greater Philadelphia, is implementing eClinicalWorks EHR tools in its system and making assistance available to affiliated physicians.
Four primary care physician (PCP) organizations, representing more than 350,000 PCPs across the U.S., have released Guidelines for Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition and Accreditation Programs.
The Massachusetts Health Connector Authority (Health Connector) and Dell Services have extended by two years an agreement through which Dell will deliver a range of enrollment, billing, website and customer experience services to the Health Connector, one of the first health insurance exchanges in the U.S.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is preparing to gauge providers HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 readiness. According to the March 11 Federal Register, CMS is requesting the Office of Management and Budget's approval "to conduct survey research to monitor the healthcare industrys awareness of, and preparation for, the transition to Version 5010 and ICD-10."
HMS, a wholly owned subsidiary of HMS Holdings, has been awarded a contract by Health Plus of New York to perform full source overpayment recovery and cost avoidance services.
Compensation for heart specialists continues to climb. What does this say about cardiology as a whole? Could private equity's rising influence bring about change? We spoke to MedAxiom CEO Jerry Blackwell, MD, MBA, a veteran cardiologist himself, to learn more.
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.
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.”
