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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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FCC to award up to $400M for rural telemedicine

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will award up to $400 million annually under its new Healthcare Connect Fund to accelerate development of broadband networks supporting rural telemedicine and access to health records.

NCI seeks to expand mobile health smoking cessation program

Through a three-year study, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) hopes to evaluate the efficacy of its mobile health smoking cessation initiative, SmokefreeTXT, according to a notice in the Jan. 14 Federal Register.

CHCF head to step down

Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA, who has led the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) since its founding in 1996, plans to step down as president and CEO at the end of year.

Achieving interoperability key to reducing readmissions

As penalties for too many readmissions loom over hospitals, it is clear that many have not done enough to stave off Medicare payment reductions and that coordinated care efforts may require more interoperable tools to achieve results, according to Dominick Bizzarro, RPh, who spoke during a Jan. 10 webinar hosted by the Health Information Management and Systems Society.

VA offers $9 million in prizes for open-source scheduling tools

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched a medical appointment scheduling system contest, challenging software developers to create open-source tools for scheduling appointments within the VA EHR system.

FCC launches Healthcare Connect Fund

The Federal Communications Commission announced it will make up to $400 million available through the Healthcare Connect Fund, a new program to support telemedicine links between urban medical centers and rural clinics.

Wireless technology considerations for the future

Wireless technologies have proliferated quickly over a short period of time across the healthcare landscape, and wireless technology managers are now reaching a tipping point. A group of 75 wireless health technology experts met in October 2012 for an Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation workshop to discuss the future of the field. The result was five themes for consideration as wireless technologies play an ever larger role in healthcare.

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AI in Healthcare
4 ways HHS plans to help shape a national strategy for healthcare AI

HHS has thought through the ways AI can and should become an integral part of healthcare, human services and public health. Last Friday—possibly just days ahead of seating a new secretary—the agency released a detailed plan for getting there from here.

Cardiovascular Business
FDA announces recall after Philips heart monitor software failed to send alerts—multiple deaths reported

Philips is recalling the software associated with its Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry devices after certain high-risk ECG events were never routed to trained cardiology technicians as intended. The issue, which lasted for two years, has been linked to more than 100 injuries. 

Cardiovascular Business
Why electrophysiologists needed a champion in Washington

Heart Rhythm Society President Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, detailed a new advocacy group focused on improving EP reimbursements, patient care and access. “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu," he said.