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.

Health Choice Network implements Sage Intergy

Health Choice Network, a Health Resources and Services Administration-sponsored health center controlled network, is implementing Sage Intergy CHC and Sage Intergy EHR for member community health centers in the United States.

Tennessee HIE adds practice management toolkit

Shared Health, a Tennessee-based public/private Health Information Exchange (HIE), has launched two new practice management tools, Clinical Insight and Condition Tracker.

IXICO launches free DICOM tool

IXICO has released Trial Wire, a free, web-based tool for de-identifying, organizing and electronically transferring DICOM medical images during the International Society for Magnetic Resonence in Medicine conference in Honolulu this week.

Digisonics scores new contracts

Pediatric Cardiology Associates of Southwest Louisiana in Lake Charles reported that it has chosen Digisonics' DigiView Image Management and Reporting System to satisfy its clinical reporting needs.

Tenn. health system selects McKesson for PACS

IASIS Healthcare, a 16-hospital system in Franklin, Tenn., plans to help improve patient care and physician satisfaction with the deployment of a new PACS from McKesson, Horizon Medical Imaging PACS.

FTC seeks comment on proposed rule for PHR security breaches

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking public comment on a proposed rule that would require entities to notify consumers when the security of their personal health record (PHR) is breached.

CCHIT develops task force; names 09 EHR pilot participants

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) has assembled an advisory task force for its new Long Term Care Spectrum certification development. The commission has also named companies that participated in its 2009 EHR certification pilot tests.

NEJM: U.S. hospital health IT report indicates uphill battle for new U.S. policies

The very low levels of adoption of EHRs in U.S. hospitals suggest that policymakers face substantial obstacles to the achievement of healthcare performance goals that depend on health IT, according to a survey in the April 16 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Around the web

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.

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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