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.

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.

EU approves cardiac monitor with pulse co-oximetry technology

Bmeye, maker of combined noninvasive blood pressure and cardiac output monitoring, and Masimo, have jointly received CE Mark certification and launched the Bmeye ccNexfina noninvasive cardiovascular monitor with Masimo Rainbow SET pulse co-oximetry technologyin Europe.

AJR: Handheld devices show promise in emergency radiology

Handheld devices, such as personal digital assistants and Apple's iPod Touch are prevalent among doctors, and these devices may be particularly useful for emergency radiologists, who in the near future, may be able to use them for teleconsultation and emergency procedures, according to a study in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Report: Incompatible hospital networks hinder nurses' quality of care

Wireless networks are not optimized to support nurses at the point of care, according to a recent study from Spyglass Consulting Group on communications for nursing.

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.