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.

GE delivers MR scanner

GE Healthcare has introduced the Optima MR430s, a musculoskeletal MR system. 

Kansas hospital deploys McKesson med dispensing system

The 606-bed University of Kansas Hospital will implement McKessons PROmanager-Rx automated medication dispensing system.

eMix debuts reporting tool

eMix has added EMRconnect, a tool for formatting and sending medical reports among healthcare providers, to its cloud-based platform.

Carestream offers PACS critical results module

Carestream Health has made available a PACS module that delivers embedded critical results notification.

Interbit debuts file consolidation tools

Health IT software provider Interbit Data has unveiled its Document Manager software for consolidating electronic patient files from multiple sources into one document that can be sent to patients or third parties.

Partners In Care finds new partner

Partners In Care (PIC), a physician organization providing accountable care, has signed Singletrack Analytics to provide PIC with analytical and data aggregation support.

Verizon, MEDfx pilot document-sharing program

Verizon and MEDfx have implemented a pilot program to convert paper records to a digital format and share them with other authorized providers.

Mirth population health platform to assist ACOs

Mirth, through a license agreement with Pfizer Health Solutions, is offering its InformaCare technology platform to clients to implement population health management initiatives.

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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