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.

Philips unveils new vital signs monitor

Philips Healthcare has released SureSigns VS2, which offers clinicians a spot-check monitor for use with neonates, as well as pediatric and adult patients.

KLAS: Providers seek vendor-neutrality for enterprise image management

Many hospitals are considering new vendor-neutral solutions for archiving and accessing medical images to avoid being locked into closed, proprietary software, according to a report from market research firm KLAS.

QuadraMed appoints James as CEO

Health IT systems developer QuadraMed has appointed Duncan W. James as its CEO and a member of the board of directors.

ACC chimes in with U.S. healthcare reform recommendations

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) published its vision for U.S. healthcare reform, describing both existing initiatives and plans for the future, and called for cardiologists to play an active role in shaping healthcare reform, in the Aug. 4 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Health Services Research: Rising healthcare costs hurt U.S. economy

The RAND Corporation has linked the rapid growth in U.S. healthcare costs with job losses and lower output among industries that commonly provide workers with health insurance, according to a study published online July 13 in Health Services Research.

VA's VistA reaches 1B+ images

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has reported that VistA Imaging, the medical and healthcare imaging system used in VA medical centers, attained more than one billion stored images in January.

Medtronic settles stent patent suit with Abbott to the tune of $400M

Abbott today settled all outstanding intellectual property litigation with Medtronic. Under the terms of the settlement, Medtronic will pay Abbott $400 million and $42 million to evYsio Medical Devices, based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

AAPM: Researchers develop hybrid linac/MRI

Researchers at the University of Alberta's Cross Cancer Institute are developing a new technology that integrates linear accelerators, or linacs, and MRI systems. The group will discuss their findings at the 2009 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), which takes place this week in Anaheim, Calif.

Around the web

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."

With generative AI coming into its own, AI regulators must avoid relying too much on principles of risk management—and not enough on those of uncertainty management.

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