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.
More organizations are turning to web hosting and concierge health IT service providers to meet their growing needs and keep up with the competition. Beyond the dollars-and-cents aspect of hosted IT is another practical consideration: less fighting with in-house systems allows clinicians more time to focus on patient care.
MEDecision announced at HIMSS11 in Orlando, Fla., that it is launching a mobile application to enable physicians and other clinical users to access MEDecision Clinical Summaries through smartphones, electronic tablets and similar portable devices.
With HIMSS 2011 and Orlando a distant warm memory now, one of the things that sticks with me is a question-and-answer session following a Physician IT Symposium panel discussion. The session had the deceptively simple title: Tackling the Meaningful Use Requirements. Panelists and audience members alike had questions, a few answers and a lot of insight into the challenges behind that title. Here are some highlights:
Motion Computing announced at the 2011 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference and exhibition in Orlando, Fla., that the Motion C5v Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA) is now available with the Intel Core i3 processor.
First-time and replacement ambulatory EMR sales rose again last year, and although there are options than ever, healthcare providers are leaning toward tested titans, according to a new report from KLAS.
This is the fourth installment in CMIO's exclusive web series exploring the birth of Rhode Islands statewide health information exchange (HIE), featuring the leading stakeholders and clinical perspectives on its development.
Avaya showcased a trio of communications systems designed to untether staff, streamline patient follow-up and enable clinical collaboration at the annual meeting of the Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS) held in Orlando Feb. 20 to Feb. 24.
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.”
