Patient Care

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 DeliveryDigital TransformationPrecision MedicineRemote Monitoring and Telehealth.

Eight Pa. hospitals unite as Commonwealth Health

A network of eight northeastern Pennsylvania hospitals has united under the name Commonwealth Health. Cornelio Catenea, CEO, Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, was appointed the CEO of the network, although each individual hospitals leadership will remain in place.

Healthcare job growth expected through 2020

Job growth in the healthcare sector will outpace other sectors through 2020, according to statistics released in February by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Study: MRI shows geometry, not gender, may explain ACL injury risk

An analysis of MR scans of male and female athletes with non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries and similar athletes without a history of ligament injury found that injured athletes had shorter, more highly convex articulating surfaces than non-injured athletes, according to a study published Feb. 1 in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

Wash. center installs extremity MRI scanner

Diagnostic Imaging Northwest has installed the GE Optima 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner, a high-field extremity MRI system.

Southern Illinois Healthcare taps Merge

Southern Illinois Healthcare, will implement Merge Healthcares cardiology suite across its system of six hospitals and healthcare clinics.

Practical Pearls for Improving Outcomes with CDS: Roundtable: 02.21, 12:15-1:15pm

Pearls from HIMSS bestselling guidebooks on improving outcomes with clinical decision support (CDS) from its lead editor, followed by participants sharing their own success strategies. Goal is valuable, practical take-aways for all.

Profitable Decision Support: Driving Value to Fund Future IT Investments: 02.24, 11:45am-12:15pm

This session will detail St. Luke's Health System in Boise, Idaho, experience deploying operational, financial, and clinical decision support solutions that have driven significant value in process optimizations and return on investment to fund future technology investments.

Next-Generation CDS: Which New Tools Improve Quality and Workflow?: 2.21, 11am-12pm

New technologies for finding, delivering and acting on knowledge are rapidly developing, radically changing how people work. Learn which knowledge-delivery tools significantly impact quality of care, clinician and patient satisfaction.

Around the web

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. 

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.”

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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