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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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Kalorama: Six lead the EMR pack

The drive for paperless medicine creates a lot of opportunities for innovative companies, but only six companies earn over half of the revenue in the EMR market, according to market researcher Kalorama Information. Still, the healthcare market research publisher indicates there are opportunities for smaller EMR products to grow; leadership of the $17.9 billion market for EMR is more fluid than it might appear from those results, according to the New York City-based organization.

HIMSS: Getting to profitable decision support

LAS VEGASCollapsing reimbursement, accountable care and the massive complexity of the healthcare system is making profitable clinical decision support more important than ever, said Adrienne Edens, system vice president and CIO, St. Lukes Health System, during a lecture at the 2012 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference. The six-hospital system is based in Boise, Idaho.

HIMSS: Leadership survey sees increase in CMIOs, identifies priorities

LAS VEGASOne nugget gleaned from the 22nd annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) leadership survey data released is that the number of CMIOs is increasingwith respondents reporting a 6 percent year-over-year increase from 2011. The survey, presented at HIMSS12, included feedback from 302 health IT professionals who represent more than 600 hospitals in the U.S.

HIMSS: CIOs need to embrace marketing

LAS VEGASMarketing is not a dirty word, Steven R. Bennett, MA, vice president at Kirby Partners in Heathrow, Fla., said during Marketing the Healthcare IT Project; a Feb. 21 session at the 2012 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference.

VMware teams with Peake Healthcare for medical imaging cloud

Virtualization and cloud infrastructure developer VMware has partnered with Peake Healthcare Innovations to provide a secure cloud platform for collaborative patient care.

HIMSS: Etiam introduces image management system

Etiam (Booth 3773), a developer of medical image connectivity technologies, is introducing the Etiam-Connect, a system for communicating and managing images beyond the enterprise, whether in hard copy, CD or electronic format at the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Las Vegas Feb 20-24.

Apollo, Dell ink partnership

Apollo has entered into a strategic alliance with Dell to provide a system to manage, retrieve and share clinical multimedia images and data.

HIMSS: GE, Microsoft to unveil Caradigm

GE Healthcare IT and Microsoft will demonstrate at HIMSS12 the future product capabilities of their 50-50 venture, a new company to be named Caradigm.

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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.