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.

NEC delivers LCD monitor

NEC Display Solutions has added to its product line the 30-inch MultiSync MD301C4 medical diagnostic display for medical imaging and PACS in hospitals, doctor offices, urgent care centers and other healthcare facilities.

IHTT offers tips for engaging patients

Healthcare organizations which provide high quality outcomes for patients will be the ones who prosper under new health reforms models, such as accountable care organizations (ACOs) and patient-centered medical home (PCMH), stated a report from the Institute for Health Technology Transformation (IHTT).

Hospitals tap BI tools for prescription drug research

Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Womens Hospital in Boston will implement IBM business intelligence technology to support research examining the effectiveness of prescription drugs.

Philips Healthcare adds telehealth tools

Philips Healthcare has introduced two new toolsa cellular accessory and steady scaleto complement its telehealth offering.

ARRS: Breast MRI proves its merit

CHICAGOStudies presented May 3 at the annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) demonstrated the utility of breast MRI for multiple applications, including presurgical evaluation of ductal carcinoma in situ, biopsy guidance and axillary lymph node staging.

TeleHealth Services boosts graphics

TeleHealth Services, a provider of healthcare televisions and interactive patient education tools, has enhanced the graphic capabilities in its TIGR interactive patient education system.

MedPro opens transducer repair facility

MedPro Imaging has expanded its operations with the opening of an ultrasound transducer repair facility.

Management Health delivers software solution

Management Health Solutions has made available its 2-Bin Mobile Supply Chain Software to hospitals and other healthcare facilities nationwide.

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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