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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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ClearOne Chosen By Ideal TeleHealth To Provide Video And Web Collaboration For Integration Into Its eHealth Services

SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 11, 2014-- ClearOne (NASDAQ: CLRO), a global provider of audio and visual communication solutions, announced Ideal TeleHealth, a telemedicine and remote wellness multi-solutions provider, has selected ClearOne's Spontania Media Collaboration Service Platform for its services.  Ideal TeleHealth will integrate the Media Collaboration Service Platform directly into several of their eHealth workflow services currently under development to provide telehealth consultation, care coordination, biometric telemetry, and more.

Telemedicine could yield $6B per year in savings

Telemedicine has the potential to deliver more than $6 billion in healthcare savings per year to U.S. companies, according to global analytics company Towers Watson.

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Researchers can detect risk of genetic disorders by scanning old family photographs

Innovative technologies continue to push all boundaries.

N.O. Beacon study puts relationships before technology

A study of New Orleans’ Beacon Community demonstrates how community relationships are essential when introducing and sustaining technology in healthcare settings.

NCPDP Announces Call for Proposals for Its 2015 Annual Technology & Business Conference

Scottsdale, AZ, August 08, 2014 -- NCPDP, the not-for-profit pharmacy standards development organization, announced today the deadline to submit a proposal for the NCPDP 2015 Annual Technology & Business Conference is September 1st. The national conference draws more than 700 attendees from across the healthcare industry, including technical, business and executive representatives from health plans, pharmacy benefit managers, retail and independent pharmacies, long-term care providers, healthcare consultants, technology vendors, manufacturers, wholesale drug distributors, database management organizations and others.

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A push for interoperability

National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo, MPH, MSc, designated interoperability as her top priority for 2014—and she appears to be keeping her word.

$16.3B VA reform bill signed into law

President Obama signed into law a $16.3 billion bill to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve better access to care after several VA centers covered up long wait times.

Tablet-equipped health coaches reduce readmissions among at-risk Medicare patients

Trained health coaches supported by tablet-based software significantly reduced readmissions among at-risk Medicare patients, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Innovations Exchange.

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Cardiovascular Business
FDA says years-long tirzepatide shortage is resolved, will give limited leeway to compounders

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.

AI in Healthcare
From Capitol Hill to a hospital near you? 5 federal recommendations for healthcare AI policy

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. 

Cardiovascular Business
Merck spends up to $2B to license new weight loss drug with potential heart benefits

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.