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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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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Extends Bosch Healthcare’s Telehealth Contract Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems Inc.

Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems Inc. (Bosch Healthcare) the market leader in evidence-based telehealth solutions today announced that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has exercised its third option to extend the term of the contract for Home Telehealth Devices and Services with Bosch Healthcare. The term of this option year began May 15 2014 and extends the contract to May 14 2015.

Blumenthal, more on breakthroughs, frugal innovation

BOSTON--“Incremental innovation is vital and may be sufficient but we’re asking, is there something more?” said David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, president of The Commonwealth Fund, speaking at the National Healthcare Innovation Summit.

The innovation imperative

BOSTON—Innovation is an imperative, not just an option in today’s healthcare environment, said futurist Ian Morrison, PhD, speaking at the National Healthcare Innovation Summit on May 14.

Criticism of EHR incentive program grows

Meaningful Use bashing is no longer just for the healthcare providers and electronic health record (EHR) system developers. Experts who’ve been involved in the creation of the government’s EHR adoption incentive program and other industry watchers are now also calling for changes.

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Aetna's Bertolini on the changing payer landscape

BOSTON--As the “least hated insurance company among providers,” Aetna has been able to work with health systems as they take on risk, said Mark Bertolini, CEO and president of the health plan.

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Expand audience for healthcare price data urges policy center

A new analysis by the Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center finds that moving beyond just encouraging patients to shop for healthcare services and also involving ordering physicians, employers and policymakers in healthcare spending decisions could save $100 billion over 10 years.

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Embedded, wearable computing to revolutionize digital technology

By 2025, embedded and wearable computing will revolutionize the digital environment, becoming “like electricity”—less visible but more central in people’s daily lives, according to a report published by the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project in collaboration with Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center.

Facebook advance care planning tool wins design competition

An advance care planning tool that incorporates Facebook won California HealthCare Foundation’s (CHCF’s) design completion, "Catalyzing Communication About End-of-Life Care.”

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Cardiovascular Business
Reimbursement update: What hospitals need to know about new Medicare payments for cardiac CT

CMS finalized a significant policy change when it increased the Medicare payments hospitals receive for performing CCTA exams. What, exactly, does the update mean for cardiologists, billing specialists and other hospital employees?

Cardiovascular Business
Stryker acquires Inari Medical for $4.9B

Stryker, a global medtech company based out of Michigan, has kicked off 2025 with a bit of excitement. The company says Inari’s peripheral vascular portfolio is highly complementary to its own neurovascular portfolio.

Radiology Business
The biggest obstacles facing radiology business managers in 2025

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.