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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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The AMDIS Connection | Alls Fair In Love and Business?

There is a Charlton Heston quote I have always remembered: The secret to a great marriage is a great husband. I like telling my wife I have followed his advice. What is more difficult to unravel is what makes great employers and employees in health IT.

HIMSS: Mach 7 upgrades enterprise imaging platform suite

Mach 7 Technologies (Booth 1276), a developer of clinical image management systems, is introducing Keystone Suite, an enterprise clinical imaging platform (ECIP), at the 2012 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference in Las Vegas Feb. 20-24.

CA: Despite shortcomings, appropriateness criteria can control rad exposure

The American Cancer Society, in an effort to reduce future projected cancers from diagnostic imaging procedures, outlined some limitations and enhancements to current appropriateness criteria used for making decisions about imaging and also offered some CT exam recommendations for clinicians in an article published online Feb. 3 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

Who's driving this thing anyway?

Directions can serve as the ultimate guidance for end goals and aspirations. They can share insight and wit but they also can come up short. Weve all gotten poor directions. Traveling around the U.S. from city to city, I can recall a mental highlight reel of lackluster directions that still make me laugh out loud.

Pa. court rules MRI, PET/CT systems are taxable property

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has reversed a lower court decision and held that installed MRI and PET/CT systems at Northeastern Pennsylvania Imaging Center should be treated as personal property for sales tax purposes.

University of Oxford installs Siemens 7T MRI scanner

The University of Oxford has installed Siemens Healthcare's Magnetom 7T whole-body MRI system, and plans to use the system for clinical neuroscience and cardiology research.

Study: Essential functions can help HF telemonitoring buy-in

In a study to provide insight into the effects of telemonitoring on self-care and clinical management, and determine the features that enable successful heart failure (HF) telemonitoring, researchers concluded that the success of a telemonitoring system is highly dependent on its features and design.

MITA reorganizes, names Rodriguez executive director

Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has appointed Gail Rodriguez, PhD, executive director and reorganized senior staff.

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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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