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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 DeliveryDigital TransformationPrecision MedicineRemote Monitoring and Telehealth.

Image Gently campaign now includes interventional radiology

The Image Gently campaign has developed online teaching materials and checklists to help interventional radiology providers use the lowest dose necessary to perform interventional procedures on children.

Sebelius releases $25.7M for health center services

Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius has released more than $25.7 million in grants to increase support services at U.S. health centers.

Blumenthal: Preliminary EHR certification unlikely by October

Although the Health IT Policy Committee adopted a number of recommendations at its meeting last week, some of the recommendations regarding EHR certification and adoption deadlines might be difficult, or impossible, to meet.

QC integration optimizes digital imaging environment

The integration of quality control (QC) procedures for image and data integrity in a digital environment not only improves patient care, it reduces both professional and administrative costs to a medical imaging practice.

Sebelius, Blumenthal announce $1.2 billion in EHR grants

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and David Blumenthal, MD, the head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, announced today that about $1.2 billion in grants are being made available to promote the use of EHRs.

SC: MRI shows possibilities of bone marrow stem cell therapy

In vivo MRI results demonstrate that mesenchymal stem cells migrate toward a quinolinic acid lesion and can survive for 19 days post-transplantation, which gives hope for future research harnessing stem cells for treating neurodegenerative diseases, such as Huntington's, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, according to research in this months issue of Stem Cells.

Radiology: FSE-Cube efficacious in 3T MR knee imaging

Fast spin-echo sequence (FSE)-Cube has similar diagnostic performance as a routine MR imaging protocol for detecting cartilage lesions, cruciate ligament tears, collateral ligament tears, meniscal tears and bone marrow edema lesions within the knee joint at 3T, according to a prospective review in this months issue of Radiology.

Siemens nets U.K. 3T MRI order

The British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre at Glasgow University in Scotland has ordered a Magnetom Verio 3T MRI scanner from Siemens Healthcare.

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.”