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.

Report: Larger potential market in EU for health IT integration services

There is "significant potential" for healthcare system integration markets across Western Europe, according to an analysis from market research firm Frost & Sullivan.

Amicas nabs install with N.C. radiology practice

Asheville Radiology Associates, a N.C. radiology practice, has inked a new contract with imaging IT solutions provider, Amicas.

KLAS: EMR software will help providers meet meaningful use standards

Ambulatory EMR software will enable approximately 85 percent of healthcare providers to meet the Health IT Policy Committees proposed 2011 meaningful use standards, according to a report issued by KLAS, a healthcare market research firm.

Survey: Hospitals only 50% compliant with EHR requirements

U.S. hospitals are only halfway to qualifying for Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) draft rules, which could equate to EHR incentive payments for up-to-date hospitals, according to a survey released this week by IT company Computer Sciences (CSC) Healthcare Group.

Electronic Medication Ordering: An Awkward Work in Progress

Fairview Health Services, a healthcare system in Minneapolis, is ahead of the pack when it comes to electronic medication ordering and management.

HiTECH Takes Effect: How Secure is Your Data?

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has drastically altered the way healthcare organizations and their third-party vendors secure data and manage a data breach. As these rules begin to take effectand become requirementshealthcare organizations are just starting to learn and understand the implications of these new regulations.

Memo from the CEO: Why You Need a Physician as a CMIO

When asked why it is important for a hospital to have a chief medical information officer (CMIO), Pam Brier, president and CEO of Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., prefers to have the question phrased in a different way: Why is it important to have a physician serve as a CMIO?

A New Decade of Changes & Challenges

Fifteen years ago, a national healthcare debate was raging. It took room-size mainframes to keep a hospital running, and critical information exchange usually happened at land-line speed.

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.