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SafeMed joins Google Health, Cleveland Clinic PHR program

SafeMed, a provider of analytical software for clinical decision support, has formed a collaboration with Google Health, a new product that is currently being pilot-tested with the Cleveland Clinic.

GE radiation planning software addresses problem of tumor motion

GE Healthcare announced the integration of its Advantage 4D and Advantage SIM technology at last weeks last week's American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting in Denver, Colo.

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The final list also included diabetes drugs sold by Boehringer Ingelheim and Merck. The first round of drug price negotiations reduced the Medicare prices for 10 popular drugs by up to 79%. 

HHS has thought through the ways AI can and should become an integral part of healthcare, human services and public health. Last Friday—possibly just days ahead of seating a new secretary—the agency released a detailed plan for getting there from here.

Philips is recalling the software associated with its Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry devices after certain high-risk ECG events were never routed to trained cardiology technicians as intended. The issue, which lasted for two years, has been linked to more than 100 injuries.