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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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SIIM: Dynamic service deployment can improve data privacy

The use of grid technologies and dynamic service deployment may alleviate concerns of data privacy that arise in multi-institutional collaborations, according to study results presented this morning at the 2009 Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) conference in Charlotte, N.C.

CCHIT changes timelines

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) is transitioning its timelines to adapt to new requirements specified in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), as well as the still-emerging work of the Office of the National Coordinator and its committees.

TeraMedica, Sun offer image sharing app

TeraMedica Healthcare Technology, along with its partner Sun Microsystems of Santa Clara, Calif., will now offer a pre-configured solution for viewing and managing clinical images from different modalities in order to bring secure image sharing to the point of care.

ONC to establish regional health IT centers

The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT is seeking public comment on a proposed plan to award contracts to establish regional health IT extension centers, according to a draft plan published Thursday in the Federal Register.

Standards group works to define cloud computing

A team of computer security experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a working definition for cloud computing--a computer technique with potential for achieving "significant cost savings and IT agility."

MxSecure integrates M*Modal speech recognition

MxSecure is planning to incorporate M*Modal's Conversational Documentation Services and speech recognition technology into its client offerings.

UnitedHealthcare joins CalRHIO to expand HIE

UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group company, is collaborating with the California Regional Health Information Organization (CalRHIO) to support California's statewide electronic health information exchange (HIE) initiative.

CCHIT changes program criteria to meet stimulus requirements

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) has approved the final 2009-2010 criteria for certification of ambulatory, inpatient and emergency department EHRs, and for its newly developed stand-alone e-prescribing certification.

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Cardiovascular Business
FDA commissioner urges clinicians to join fight against medical misinformation

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."

AI in Healthcare
4 points crucial to the nimble regulation of GenAI

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.

Cardiovascular Business
Q&A: Why are cardiovascular devices involved in so many recalls? FDA policies may be to blame

Cardiovascular devices are more likely to be in a Class I recall than any other device type. The FDA's approval process appears to be at least partially responsible, though the agency is working to make some serious changes. We spoke to a researcher who has been tracking these data for years to learn more. 

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