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.

CareFusion expands perioperative offerings

CareFusion has expanded its Pyxis perioperative offerings that integrate with operating room information systems by incorporating radio-frequency identification technology and new services.

Intel adds to patient monitoring system

Intel has enhanced the Intel Health Guide by adding additional connectivity options to the patient monitoring system.

Stolen laptops expose health data of more than 300K Canadians

Two laptops containing health information of more than 300,000 patients were stolen from the Canadian Alberta Health Services in June. It was recently revealed that the data on the portable devices were not encrypted.

GE, Medicalis partner on imaging appropriateness

GE Healthcare has launched a partnership with a provider of clinical decision support for diagnostic imaging, Medicalis.

GE, InterComponentWare ink HIE deal

GE Healthcare and InterComponentWare have signed a strategic agreement to integrate and co-develop their health information exchange (HIE) solutions.

NDSsi acquires wireless HD technology, plans new product line

NDS Surgical Imaging (NDSsi) of San Jose, Calif., has acquired a wireless video technology that extends its current imaging capabilities in the operating room.

Microsoft inks deal with Sentillon for Amalga enhancements

Sentillion has signed a licensing agreement with Microsoft, in which Sentillion will supply its single sign-on and context-management technology to become a featured module of Microsoft Amalga Unified Intelligence System 2009, an enterprise data aggregation platform.

McKesson names Blake as VP for IT unit

McKesson has promoted Patrick Blake to executive vice president and group president of McKesson Technology Solutions, effective June 16.

Around the web

GE HealthCare designed the new-look Revolution Vibe CT scanner to help hospitals and health systems embrace CCTA and improve overall efficiency.

Clinicians have been using HeartSee to diagnose and treat coronary artery disease since the technology first debuted back in 2018. These latest updates, set to roll out to existing users, are designed to improve diagnostic performance and user access.

The cardiac technologies clinicians use for CVD evaluations have changed significantly in recent years, according to a new analysis of CMS data. While some modalities are on the rise, others are being utilized much less than ever before.