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.

M*Modal to debut AnyModal CDS Live

Speech recognition services provider M*Modal unveiled its AnyModal CDSLive product at the American Health Information Management Association conference in Philadelphia next week.

Barco introduces wide-screen display

Medical display device developer Barco is unveiling a new wide-screensurgical display at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congressin New Orleans this week.

MedQuist current in SEC filings

Speech recognition and transcription services provider MedQuistreported that it has filed its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for thefirst two fiscal quarters of 2007 with the U.S. Securities and ExchangeCommission (SEC).

Report: Outsourcing and health IT spending on the rise

Health IT spending, as well as outsourcing contracts, for medicalfacilities will continue to increase over the next four years,according to a survey by Gartner, a technology research and analysisfirm, according to Modern Healthcare.

Ohio governor pushes health IT adoption

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland issued an executive order to create anadvisory board to coordinate public and private efforts in building astatewide health IT infrastructure.

Misys debuts new version of Homecare

Misys Healthcare Systems, a healthcare IT developer, will reveal thelatest version of Misys Homecare at National Association for Home Careand Hospice annual meeting, Oct. 6-10 in Denver.

Eclipsys integrates patient portal with Microsoft's consumer health platform

Healthcare IT developer Eclipsys will integrate its Sunrise PatientPortal with HealthVault, Microsoft's newly-launched consumer healthplatform.

McKesson unveils new business intelligence tool

McKesson has launched Horizon Patient Folder Analytic, a businessintelligence tool that provides secure access to information for healthinformation management departments.

Around the web

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. 

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.

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