Patient Care

This page includes news coverage of various aspects of patient healthcare, including new technology innovations, what is working, what is not, personalized medicine and remote and telemedicine delivery. Find specific news in the areas of Care DeliveryDigital TransformationPrecision MedicineRemote Monitoring and Telehealth.

New York hospital to manage ops with Perceptive software

United Memorial Medical Center (UMMC), a 131-bed acute care hospital located in Genesee County, N.Y., will replace its current document management software with Perceptive Software's enterprise content management (ECM) tools for healthcare.

Cisco to acquire Pari Networks

Cisco Systems intends to acquire privately held Pari Networks, a provider of network configuration and change management (NCCM) and compliance management software. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Health Affairs: ACOs on horizon, regulations need to be flexible

Accountable care organizations have the potential to lower costs, improve the quality of care, facilitate delivery system reform and promote innovation in healthcare, but they need time to organize and evolve, according to a recent article published in the January edition of Health Affairs.

AHRQ releases health risk appraisal report draft

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has made available for public comment a draft of its technology assessment report for health risk appraisal (HRA).

Minnesota HIE provides e-prescribing services to state rehab center

The Minnesota Health Information Exchange (MN HIE) has signed an agreement to provide e-prescribing and patient clinical information to Courage Center of Minnesota, a rehabilitation and resource center.

Vermont Blueprint for Health draws in Covisint

Covisint, a Compuware company, has signed an agreement with Vermont Blueprint for Health, an organization that is seeking to improve the healthcare system statewide. 

EU grants $4.1M for MRI method to assess Crohns disease

The European Union has awarded researchers at Delft University of Technology a grant of EUR3 million ($4.1 million USD) to pursue a research proposal for developing a quantitative method on MRI for assessing Crohn's disease.

U.K. hospital purchases Siemens 3T MRI

Russells Hall Hospital in England has installed Siemens Healthcare's Magnetom Verio 3T MRI and inked a 15-year IT service contract with the company.

Around the web

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.”

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."

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