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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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HHS touts Washington provider's health IT success

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has released a report on how the Columbia Basin Health Association has used health IT to transition paper based-charts into an EMR system, making it one of the first in the United States to fully complete the switchover to an EHR.

Allscripts revenues surge in Q1

Healthcare software and services provider Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions saw revenues surge to $164.9 million in its fiscal first quarter (ending Aug. 31), up from $92.8 million reported in the same period a year ago.

CMS makes coverage decision on MRI for blood flow

After a nine-month period of deliberation and public comments, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has decided that the choice to reimburse an MRI exam for blood-flow determination should be left to the local Medicare contractor.

Boston Sci settles some patent wars with Cordis for $716.3M

Boston Scientific will pay Cordis $716.3 million to resolve more than a dozen lawsuits over the Palmaz infringement suit relating to Boston Scientifics NIR stent and several other cardiology cases relating to patents in the Ding, Kastenhofer, Palmaz and Fontirroche patent families, and exchanging paid-up licenses for certain intellectual properties.

RamSoft nets cardiac PACS order in Turkey

Kartal Kosuyolu Cardiac Research and Educational Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, has installed RamSofts PowerServer PACS to give more than 80 onsite physicians access to cases and image reviewing.

Survey: Americans evenly split on role of healthcare interest groups in reform

A recent survey found that Americans have mixed feelings on the appropriate roles for various healthcare interest groups in Washington, D.C.

Web leaders initiate gov't open identity pilot program

Yahoo!, PayPal, Google, Equifax, AOL, VeriSign, Acxiom, Citi, Privo and Wave Systems have announced they will support the first pilot programs designed to implement a federal government initiative designed to make it easier for individual to register and participate in government websites. The companies will act as digital identity providers using OpenID and Information Card technologies.

U of Missouri, Cerner create health IT institute

The University of Missouri and health IT developer Cerner are planning to create the Tiger Institute for Health Innovation.

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

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