Digital Transformation

This evolution of healthcare involves using technology to improve diagnosis, treatments, monitor patients, enhance hospital operations and culture, and bolster consumer-focused care. This includes virtual reality tools, wearable devices, workflow software, health apps and other digital health tools.

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From the Editor: With an Extended Hand, 'Nice to Meet You'

Please allow this editorial to serve as a virtual handshake a "very nice to meet you," as it were.

Physicians & Smartphones: The Story Behind the Numbers

The high adoption smartphone rates among physicians do not necessarily tell the full story, because adoption does not necessarily equate to robust clinical use. True integration into clinical practice remains a work in progress.

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The AMDIS Connection: A Banner Year, with Course Corrections

The 20th annual AMDIS Physician-Computer Connection Symposium marked a banner year. Turnout for the annual conference was larger than ever before, with more than 250 people. We saw a number of individuals whom weve never had before in Ojai, Calif. For many reasons, this was a time to celebrate the evolution of the CMIO role in the U.S.

3D OCT shows promise for cancer screening

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., have developed an imaging system that enables high-speed, 3D imaging of microscopic precancerous changes in the esophagus or colon. The optical coherence tomography (OCT) offers a way to see below the surface with 3D microscopic detail.

Joint Commission makes permanent Paula Wilson's presidencies

The Joint Commission has made permanent Paula Wilson's post as president and CEO of its Joint Commission Resources (JRC) and Joint Commission International (JCI) operations. Wilson had been filling those roles in a temporary capacity since June 2010.

AJR: Low-dose CT protocol feasible for lung nodule surveillance

CT radiation dose as low as 3 percent of the current standard may be sufficient for follow-up monitoring of lung nodules, according to study findings published in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

FDA clears DePuy fixed-bearing knee surgical system

DePuy Orthopaedics has received FDA 510(k) clearance for the use of Trumatch Personalized Solutions, a surgical instrumentation and computer software system, with the companys Sigma Fixed-Bearing Knee System.

FDA clears NEC monitor

NEC Display Solution of America received FDA 510(k) clearance for its 21.3-inch Multi-Sync MD215MG medical diagnostic display for use in digital mammography.

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