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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 Delivery, Digital Transformation, Precision Medicine, Remote Monitoring and Telehealth.

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Interoperability: Putting the Word into Action

Thursday, March 4, 11:15 AM - 12:15 AM Session leaders from the Department of Defense and the Veterans Affairs Administration will answer and discuss the following questions: What are some of the most critical imperatives for advancing healthcare delivery in the new age of automation? What are some of the most vexing challenges to leveraging technology as a tool in healthcare? What are some of the key opportunities for transforming care delivery? How does innovation change in the information age of healthcare?

The Healthstory Project: Harmony with Clinical Narrative/Structured Data in the EHR

Wednesday, March 3, 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Conventional wisdom dictates that documents are bad and discrete data is good. But the Healthstory project offers a bridge between free-flowing narrative clinical documentation and semantically interoperable data.

Semantic Interoperability: Creating a Common Language to Transform Care

Wednesday, March 3, 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Creating a common problem list from diverse EMRs at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center raised challenges despite common terminology. The presenters will describe their solution to these challenges, which impact semantic interoperability.

Interoperability in the Perioperative Environment

Wednesday, March 3, 10:45 AM - 11:10 AM

Connecting with Community Practices: Benefiting from the Best of Both Worlds

Tuesday, March 2, 9:45 AM - 10:45 AMThis session will seek to define the elements of an effective case that can be made for ROI and cost-benefit analyses for hospitals to connect to ambulatory EMRs; describe how hospitals can improve their community physician affinity; and describe internal IT resource requirements and implementation lessons.

Healthcare Interoperability: Achieving Meaningful Use and Beyond!

Tuesday, March 2, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM OhioHealth is transforming care delivery and preparing for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding with an interoperable healthcare platform that simplifies access to care, facilitates coordination of care, optimizes treatment and improves satisfaction.

Interoperability and the Meaningful Use Exchange

Monday, March 1, 3:45 PM - 4:10 PM

An International Consortium Exemplar: A Common Practice Framework for Standardizing and Advancing In

Monday, March 1, 2:15 PM - 2:40 PM

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Q&A: MedAxiom CEO explores key trends in cardiologist, cardiovascular surgeon compensation

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.

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.”