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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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Microsoft launches IT architecture, web services for HHS

Microsoft has released technology architecture and a web servicesframework for the Connected HHS Framework, designed to improveconnections among government agencies that use similar processes indelivering services to their constituents and improve the coordinationof business processes among those agencies.

ONCHIT hires tech firm to tackle medical identity theft problem

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health InformationTechnology (ONCHIT), part of the Department of Health and HumanServices, has awarded approximately $450,000 to Booz AllenHamilton, a strategy and consulting technology firm, to assess andevaluate the scope of the medical identity theft problem in the UnitedStates.

HHS considers adding genetic information to EHRs

The American Health Information Community (AHIC) is recommending thatthe federal government start preparing for the capability toelectronically store a patient’s genetic makeup so that doctors canmatch medical treatments to their genes.

HHS picks 12 communities for EHR incentive project

HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt has named 12 communities to participatein a U.S. Medicare demonstration project that will provide incentivepayments to physicians for using a certified EHR system to improve thequality of patient care.

ONCHIT releases U.S. health IT plan for public, private sectors

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health InformationTechnology (ONCHIT), part of the Department of Health and HumanServices (HHS), Tuesday released a comprehensive strategic plan foradvancing health IT, which will serve as a guide to coordinate thefederal government’s health IT efforts.

NHS ends $1.8B Fujitsu health IT contract

NHS Connecting for Health (NHS/CFH), the agency in charge of England’sNational Program for IT in the NHS, has terminated its $1.77billion (£896 million) contract with Fujitsu Services.

Legislation aims to strengthen healthcare IT, patient privacy

Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., chair of the House Energy and CommerceCommittee, has released a discussion draft of proposed healthcare ITlegislation, designed to provide a roadmap for effectivelypromoting healthcare IT and strengthening privacy protections forpatients.

CBO report questions cost savings of healthcare IT adoption

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released an analysisdiscounting previous projections by policymakers and economic analystsof significant cost savings from adopting healthcare IT, such as EHRs.

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Cardiology practices pay $17.7M to settle fraud allegations brought on by whistleblowers

A total of 16 cardiology practices from 12 states settled with the DOJ to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare for imaging agents used to diagnose cardiovascular disease. 

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Cardiology, radiology specialists debate CCTA’s rise as a go-to imaging modality for CAD

CCTA is being utilized more and more for the diagnosis and management of suspected coronary artery disease. An international group of specialists shared their perspective on this ongoing trend.

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New AI program delivers rapid, accurate echo video assessments

The new technology shows early potential to make a significant impact on imaging workflows and patient care.