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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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Harris to develop $14M multi-hospital military health info, image network

Harris has been awarded a one-year, $14 million contract by Evolvent Technologies to develop and implement the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Military Health System's global Healthcare Artifact and Image Management Solution (HAIMS).

Successful CIO, CMIO partnerships must present united front

CHICAGO—CMIOs and CIOs must foster and project a unified ideological approach to manage the IT infrastructure within an organization, which, if successful, can translate into improved results for the organization, according to a presentation Tuesday at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference.

Health information exchange survey reveals interesting trends

CHICAGOMost operational health information exchanges (HIEs), although created independently of one another, demonstrate a number of similar structures and goals, according to responses received by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) HIE Common Practices Survey.

Stimulus is golden opportunity, if government works through caveats

CHICAGOThe American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is a "once in a lifetime event" for providers to grab economic incentives to adopt health IT, but the government still must define vague terms and settle on certification requirements, according to David W. Roberts, vice president of government relations for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).

Most U.S. hospitals not far from 'meaningful' EMR use

With the Medicare and Medicaid incentives for health IT adoption dangling like a carrot, almost 70 percent of U.S. hospitals are only two steps or less away from having the health IT applications necessary to deliver the likely objectives of meaningful use' for the EMR, according to the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model.

Agfa scores German PACS install

The University Hospital of Bonn in Germany has selected Agfa HealthCare's PACS for an enterprise-wide implementation.

MEDecision to purchase HIE provider

MEDecision, a provider of collaborative healthcare management solutions, has signed a letter of intent to acquire health information exchange (HIE) provider HxTechnologies for an undisclosed amount.

Mayo Clinic, IBM launch open-source consortium

Biomedical informatics researchers at the Mayo Clinic and IBM have launched the Open Health Natural Language Processing (NLP) Consortium, which is establishing the open-source space to promote past and current development efforts, including participation in EMR information extraction.

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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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