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.

PCHAlliance, Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise partner to improve HIE

The Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance) and Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) have announced a partnership to launch a number of joint initiatives in 2017, including improvements in interoperability, conformity testing and certification of products.

JPI HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS ANNOUNCES NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH CARESTREAM HEALTH

JPI Healthcare announces that we are now representing the Carestream Health product line. JPI is pleased to be able to provide a greater range of Digital Solutions to our growing dealer network.

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Online support encourages weight loss

Having the support of others can be the difference between success and failure. A researcher from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim analyzed messages of support on an online weight-loss forum to see if they affected users.

Memorial Healthcare System Adds Digisonics HL7 Discrete Data Export for Interoperability with EMR.

Memorial Healthcare System in Hollywood, Fla., purchased the Digisonics HL7 Discrete Data Export interface.

Lower wages change utilization, even in employer-sponsored insurance plans

Workers who make $24,000 or less annually, but still have employer-sponsored health insurance, have higher hospital and emergency department admissions rates and lower utilization of preventive care compared to higher-paid coworkers.

Virtual reality aims for real impact in healthcare

Stepping out of the gaming world and into healthcare, virtual reality is changing the reality of healthcare with innovation, applications and technology. 

Telehealth gives at-home patients their own doctors office

New York's Northwell Health Home Care Network has announced its partnership with New Jersey-based Health Recovery Solutions (HRS) to offer an extensive telehealth platform to its home-care patients.

Vets receive tablets to offer remote monitoring of vital signs

Northwell Health Home Care Network, New York's largest healthcare provider, announced Feb. 6 it had reached an agreement with Health Recovery Solutions (HRS) to provide in-home patients with Bluetooth-enabled tablets that can transmit vital signs to clinicians and allow for videoconferencing.

Around the web

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals. 

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."

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