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.

Allscripts, Nanthealth team up for personalized cancer care

NantHealth and Allscripts have joined forces to collaborate on the development and delivery of precision medicine solutions directly to the point of care.

Physicians receive increased payments for value-based care

For 2015, nearly 7,000 physicians in 14 group practices are receiving an increase in their Medicare payments because they met quality of care goals and kept costs down.

Emerus Improves Patient Care by Activating Vocera

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 25, 2015 -- Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), the leading provider of intelligent, real-time communication solutions for mission-critical mobile environments, today announced that Emerus has implemented the Vocera Communication System to improve care team communication and operational efficiencies.

ACC Guideline App Upgrade Includes Full Set of Prevention Guidelines

WASHINGTON (March 2, 2015) — The American College of Cardiology has launched version 2.0 of their Guideline Clinical App. With the addition of the healthy lifestyle and obesity guidelines, the app now contains the full set of clinical prevention guidelines released by ACC/American Heart Association in 2013.

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Telepsychiatry program earns $100K grant

The Telepsychiatry Improves Outcomes in Frontier Communities program in Boise, Idaho, has received a $100,000 grant in conjunction with an award from Premier as part of its Premier Cares Award program.

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New initiative focuses on value-based care and other alternative payment models

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has established a new initiative that would bring together various healthcare stakeholders and focus on transitioning to value-based care and other payment models.

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Advisory Board on MU: Much ground covered, more to be gained

In 2014, most incentive-eligible hospitals and professionals (EHs and EPs) were pushed into ramping up for Meaningful Use stage 2 by financial factors—specifically, the promise of attractive bonuses and the peril of subtractive adjustments. There’s little naiveté around that EHR dynamic. Still, along the way, individuals in healthcare found themselves buying in to the program’s underlying principles to a degree they hadn’t when they started with Stage 1.

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Orlando Health opts for medical imaging exchange network

Sponsored by Nuance

Medical imaging exchange within Orlando Health’s expansive system of six community hospitals, two specialty hospitals, a cancer center and nearly 3,000  physicians with privileges was turnkey; despite its best efforts, instantaneous image sharing with its 50 referring facilities continued to elude the organization.

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The tirzepatide shortage that first began in 2022 has been resolved. Drug companies distributing compounded versions of the popular drug now have two to three more months to distribute their remaining supply.

The 24 members of the House Task Force on AI—12 reps from each party—have posted a 253-page report detailing their bipartisan vision for encouraging innovation while minimizing risks. 

Merck sent Hansoh Pharma, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, an upfront payment of $112 million to license a new investigational GLP-1 receptor agonist. There could be many more payments to come if certain milestones are met.