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.

CTG launches risk assessment software

CTG has developed a new software solution, the CTG Risk Profile Manager (RPM), which addresses vendor risk assessment and management.

Canon adds to digital radiography portfolio

Canon has introduced four flat-panel digital radiography systems, the CXDI-401C, CXDI-401C COMPACT, CXDI-401G and CXDI-401G Compact DR Systems.

Agfa bumps price of medical film

Agfa HealthCare has increased prices on medical film by as much as 70 percent.

Skyscape and ACC partner to launch mobile app

Skyscape, a subsidiary of Physicians Interactive Holdings, and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) have partnered to launch the CardioSource Mobile app, which combines a full set of American Heart Association and ACC guideline recommendations and evidence-based medicine information from CardioSource.org.

Report: Hospital with no PMET saw drop in mortality

Although it lacks a pediatric medical emergency team (PMET), the University of Alberta and Stollery Children's Hospital, in Edmonton, Alberta, documented a reduction in hospital mortality over 10 years, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

Intel-GE Care Innovations Guide goes live

The Intel-GE Care Innovations Guide, which enables virtual care coordination on consumer devices, is now available for healthcare organizations.

KFF: PCPs' acceptance of Medicaid patients varies

In 2008, the primary care physicians who served Medicaid beneficiaries most actively were also the most willing to accept new Medicaid patients, and they had substantial resources and capacity to serve low-income adults, according to an April report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Halfpenny expands reporting application

Halfpenny Technologies has released the latest version of its ITF-GoDoc mobile results reporting application.

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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