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.

Bos Sci settles long-standing stent patent disputes with J&J for $1.7B

Boston Scientific has settled three patent disputes with Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for $1.73 billion.

IBM to acquire Initiate Systems for undisclosed sum

IBM has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Initiate Systems, a provider of data integrity software for information sharing among healthcare and government organizations. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Advanced imaging accreditation looms, and that's good

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently approved three organizations as designated accrediting bodies for non-hospital providers of advanced medical imaging. Stephen Green, MD, chief of cardiology at North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, N.Y., said that such accreditation standardization makes sense.

AIM: Multidetector CT bests MRI in ruling out coronary artery disease

For ruling out coronary artery disease (CAD), multidetector CT (16-slice or more) is more accurate than MRI, according to a retrospective study in todays Annals of Internal Medicine.

CMIO 2010 Compensation Survey: The Results Are In!

Our 2010 Compensation Survey offers interesting insight. CMIOs are generally satisfied with their compensation and happy with their career choice, according to those who completed our CMIO 2010 Compensation Survey. Does this sound like you?

Eastern Diagnostic Imaging, InfiMed ink distribution agreement

Eastern Diagnostic Imaging and InfiMed have developed an original equipment manufacturer distribution partnership for the wireless technology in the portable x-ray environment, the i5 Mobile DR upgrade for GE Healthcare's AMX-4 and AMX-4+ portables.

JNCI: CE MR for primary tumor improves lymph node assessment

When added to MRI, gadolinium-based contrast agents were found to substantially enhance the malignancy criteria for primary tumor visualization, as well as increase the accuracy in the detection of lymph node metastases, according to a meta-analysis published in the February edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Breaking Down The Walls of Home Health IT

As hospitals start looking at how to break down the walls between acute and post-acute care, CMIOs would do well to consider the experience of Cleveland Clinic, a pioneer in building health IT bridges across the continuum of care.

Around the web

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.”