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.

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Growing every year, the annual North American Connectathon is underway

The annual IHE North American Connectathon is underway in Cleveland with 570 engineers testing more than 200 products.

ATA: Accreditation off to good start, outcomes center in works

So far, about 175 organizations have registered for the American Telemedicine Association’s accreditation program for online patient consultations, with 125 receiving credible eligibility status, reported Jonathan Linkous, CEO of the ATA, at the association's monthly webcast.

The American Hospital Association Exclusively Endorses AMC Health Remote Patient Monitoring and Engagement Solutions

Chicago, Ill., January 27, 2015 -- The American Hospital Association (AHA) today announced it has exclusively endorsed Remote Patient Monitoring and Engagement Solutions from AMC Health. AHA Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of the AHA, awards the AHA Endorsement to products and services that help member hospitals and health care organizations achieve operational excellence.

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HL7 launches payer group to help with interoperability

Health Level Seven International has launched a payer user group to help promote interoperability standards within that segment of the healthcare industry.

HHS announces aggressive plans for quality pay

After slow, episodic changes over the past few years, the Department of Health & Human Services has announced measurable goals and an aggressive timeline to move the Medicare program toward a system based on paying providers based on the quality, rather than quantity, of care they provide.

Physicians see positives, negatives of EHRs

While physicians report that changing EHRs can improve functionality and help meet Meaningful Use requirements, many are unhappy with the switch, according to a study in Family Practice Management. 

Telehealth is investment priority for State Health Innovation plans

Health IT, in particular telehealth, is among the top projected investment areas by states participating in federally-funded State Health Innovation Plans.

ECRI engineering manager receives excellence award

The ECRI Institute's Health Devices Group engineering manager, Erin M. Sparnon, MEng, will be honored with the 2014 ACCE-HIMSS Excellence in Clinical Engineering and Information Technology Synergies Award.

Around the web

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses some of the biggest obstacles facing the specialty in the new year. 

Mark Isenberg, executive vice president of Zotec Partners, discusses key developments that will reshape the specialty this year. 

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.