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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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Merge, Medrad agree to expand CAD product distribution in EU

Merge Healthcare and medical device and services for diagnostic imaging provider Medrad have revealed their plan to expand their European Union distribution agreement for CADstream.

JACR: Patients want better radiology reporting systems

Most patients are dissatisfied with the efficacy of radiology reporting systems, according to a study published in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

iCAD's revenue decline in Q3

iCAD reported a drop of in revenue in the third quarter of 2009, which ended Sept. 30.

NovaRad completes two installations in Kentucky

NovaRad has installed its NovaRIS and NovaPACS technologies at two Kentucky imaging facilities.

Cancer treatment, screening guidelines restructured by M.D. Anderson

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston has released new screening guidelines for breast, cervical and colorectal cancers based on redefined risk-based categories for the public to follow.

Siemens equips U.K. provider with imaging systems

Bassetlaw Hospital in Nottinghamshire, England, which is part of the U.K.'s Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has installed a Magentom Avanto 1.5 Tesla MRI, Artis zee Multipurpose C-arm and Somatom Sensation CT from Siemens Healthcare.

Consumer group: HHS improperly interpreted PHR security protocols

Consumer advocacy organization Consumer Watchdog issued a letter last week chastising the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for its interpretation of security protocols for personal health records (PHRs). The Washington D.C.-based nonprofit organization is seeking to repeal the HHS interpretation and properly implement what Congress enacted.

Carestream unveils new cardiology PACS

Carestream Health has released a new Web-based cardiology PACS product in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Italy.

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Medsender, Patagonia Health team up to aid public health efforts against COVID-19

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.