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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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Civco offers needle guidance for GE ultrasound platform

Health IT company Civco Medical Solutions has introduced the Infiniti needle guidance system for use with GE Healthcare ultrasound platforms.

VA seeks to update patient record tracking system

The Department of Veterans Affairs is searching for a contractor to re-engineer the administrations Computerized Patient Record System interface and workflow to allow tracking and reporting of critical diagnostic test alerts and follow-up actions taken by providers.

Philips opens remote support center

For patient care in North American, South American and Latin American markets, Philips has opened the doors to its Healthcare Customer Care Solutions Center in Alpharetta, Ga., offering technology and local expertise to remotely support hospitals in keeping their equipment running.

iSOFT, iMDsoft ink distribution deal

iSoft Health will begin distributing clinical information systems provider iMDsofts MetaVision suite in Germany.

HIMSS: Carestream to unveil new clinical data archive

Carestream Health (Booth #6751) will showcase its new Carestream Clinical Data Archive with a consolidated data storage and management solution for various data types, regardless of vendor, at HIMSS10 in Atlanta during the first week of March.

HIMSS: GE to highlight eHealth platform

At HIMSS10 in Atlanta during the first week of March, GE Healthcare (Booth #7039) will unveil and highlight remote monitoring technologies that assist point of care decision making.

Survey: 50,000+ health IT jobs could be created by 2015

Most health IT professionals believe that at least 50,000 new jobs in health IT will be created by 2015, according to healthcare nonprofit organization American Society of Health Informatics Managers.

VA sets up digital dashboard, 71% of projects on target

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has posted a digital dashboard Web site for public viewing to provide transparency into the departments cost, schedule and overall performance of IT projects.

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Cardiovascular Business
Positron partners with Upbeat Cardiology Solutions to improve cardiac PET/CT access

Positron, a New York-based nuclear imaging company, will now provide Upbeat Cardiology Solutions with advanced PET/CT systems and services. 

Cardiovascular Business
Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.