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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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KLAS' survey grades 10 cardiology IT vendors

A single cardiology vendor can’t provide the integration across a platform that providers desire, with some vendors offering better modules than functionality and vice versa. However, some vendors do stand above the rest, according to an October performance report published by market researcher KLAS.

Walgreens launches coordinated care program at 150+ sites

Walgreens is unrolling its WellTransitions program at more than 150 health systems and hospitals across the U.S. to assist with coordinated care efforts.

Innovation Challenge winners selected

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has selected new tools that help patients better manage and access information in their EHRs as challenge winners. The winners were named during the Health 2.0 Sixth Annual Fall Conference in San Francisco, Oct. 12.

InterSystems, eHealth Technologies align on images, informatics

InterSystems and eHealth Technologies have partnered to provide access to images such as x-rays, CT scans, MRIs and ultrasounds via InterSystems' HealthShare informatics platform, which is currently used by hospitals, integrated delivery networks and health information exchanges.

National Patient Safety Foundation's president steps down

National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) President Diane C. Pinakiewicz, MBA, will leave her position on Nov. 12. As part of the planned transition, Patricia McGaffigan, RN, MS, VP of program strategy and management at NPSF, will assume interim duties while the search for a permanent successor occurs.

JAMIA: What makes an informaticist?

Medical informatics is more than health IT. The growth of educational informatics programs and omnipresence of health IT tools have led to a misunderstanding of who informaticists are and what they do, according to a perspective published online Oct. 11 in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

AHRQ awards OHSU $1 million for EHR research

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded Oregon Health & Science University in Portland a $1 million grant to fund research aimed at reducing medical errors associated with EHRs.

Comparative effectiveness research doesn't translate to clinical practice

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is funneling an estimated $3.5 billion into comparative effectiveness research, but little of this research translates into clinical practice. Five factors holding it back need to be addressed, according to an article published in the October issue of Health Affairs.

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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.