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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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FDA gives thumbs-up to Toshiba 1.5T MRI

The FDA has cleared Toshiba America Medical Systems' Vantage Titan 1.5T series, which features 8-, 16- and 32-channel MR systems.

Misplaced notebook leads to potential breach at Air Force hospital

Wright-Patterson Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio, has alerted 3,800 people of a possible personal data security breach when a notebook containing their names and Social Security numbers was temporarily misplaced after a blood drive, according to a base spokesman.

Providers lack social media guidance

Social media is emerging as a powerful healthcare tool with a variety of potential applications, but a lack of guidance on how to use it poses a risk for providers who try, according to an article published Aug. 20 by the Archives of Internal Medicine.

CMIO Leadership forum to take place in October

The CMIO Leadership Forum presents a two-day, interactive leadership forum on "Transforming Healthcare Through Evidence-based Medicine," Oct.3-5 in Chicago.

UNC Health Care appoints CMIO

The University of North Carolina (UNC) Health Care System in Chapel Hill, N.C., has appointed Donald C. Spencer, MD, MBA, to the role of chief medical informatics officer (CMIO).

Survey: Patients expect medical errors, look to technology for fixes

The bad news: Almost three-quarters of Americans worry about medical mistakes. The good news: Some 68 percent trust technology to allay their fears.

Washington State offers glimpse of evidence-based future

Radiology, like all of healthcare, is changing in the face of reform, and one noticeable shift is the growing emphasis on evidence-based medicine. As U.S. organizations look to turn best practices into evidence-based policy for their regionsand committees like the Independent Payment Advisory Board aim to make a similar impact nationallythose working in medical imaging can look toward efforts like the Washington State Health Technology Assessment Program as a preview of whats to come.

Other industries can help improve decision support in healthcare

A look at decision support outside of healthcare offers new insights that are generalizable to healthcare provider decisions, according to research published by Medical Informatics and Decision Making on August 17.

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Cardiovascular Business
Payment cuts and beyond: Key takeaways for cardiologists from the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals. 

AI in Healthcare
A modest proposal to rally AI regulators around a simple game plan

As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”

Cardiovascular Business
FDA commissioner urges clinicians to join fight against medical misinformation

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, said the clinical community needs to combat health misinformation at a grassroots level. He warned that patients are immersed in a "sea of misinformation without a compass."

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