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.

McKesson shifts into black in Q3

McKesson has reported that revenues for the 2010 third quarter, which ended Dec. 31, 2009, were $28.3 billion compared with $27.1 billion a year ago. The company also posted a net income of $326 million in this quarter, compared with a net loss of $20 million in the third quarter of 2009.

St. Jude posts strong FY09, Q4

St. Jude Medical has reported strong year-over-year and 2009 fourth quarter net income.

Emdeon to buy FutureVision for up to $60M

Emdeon has signed an agreement to acquire electronic data management services provider FutureVision Technologies for approximately $20 million in cash, with additional contingent payments of up to $40 million in cash based upon the financial performance of the acquired business for the two- and three-year periods following the closing.

Study: Computers perform quicker, more accurate readings of MR images

Researchers from Ohio State Medical Center in Columbus have developed a computer program that interprets MR images of the meniscus--a fibrous tissue and cartilage in the knee--to determine if an individual is at risk for developing osteoarthritis, according to research published online Jan. 25 in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage.

Rogan-Delft nets PACS install in India

PACS manufacturer Rogan-Delft has received an order for its Zillion PACS to be implemented at the Perambur, India-based Railway Hospital.

Three hospitals achieve HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 status

HIMSS Analytics has recognized two academic medical centers and a rural hospital--a first for HIMSS Analytics--with its Stage 7 award.

Medical Care Technologies to release telehealth suite for heart failure

Medical Care Technologies has completed the development of its Tele-Health Suite 6.17, a remote monitoring system for patients with congestive heart failure.

Siemens lands U.K. install

Whitegate Health Centre, a primary care facility for musculoskeletal and neurological services in Blackpool, England, has installed a Magnetom Avanto 1.5 Tesla MRI from Siemens Healthcare.

Around the web

U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.

When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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