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.

NovaRad nets two Canadian orders

Two Canadian facilities have installed NovaRad PACS and RIS technologies for reading, workflow, patient scheduling and procedures tracking.

Amicas joins with Epic for Wisconsin clinic RIS/PACS

Monroe Clinic of Monroe, Wis., is the first customer of Amicas to implement a standards-based framework that allows Verona, Wis.-based Epic Systems' Radiant RIS to integrate with Amicas PACS.

Barco unveils Nio display upgrade

Barco revealed an upgraded version of the Nio Color 3MP diagnostic display system, featuring a high-bright LCD panel, at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) this week in Vienna, Austria.

Carestream debuts new PACS viewer

Carestream Health showcased a new works-in-progress viewer for its PACS workstation at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) this week in Vienna, Austria.

Commentary: MRI accident reports increase 270% over 4 years

According to the FDA, 2008 saw a 30 percent increase in the number of reported MRI accidents. In the four years following 2004, the FDA's MAUDE database catalogues a 270 percent increase in MRI accidents. But what may be even more troubling than the dramatic increase in reported accidents are the numbers that aren't included in the FDA's data.

Amicas offers $39M for Emageon after HSS merger fallout

Amicas, a provider of medical image and information management solutions, has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire healthcare IT developer Emageon.

Pie Medical, Rogan-Delft sign distribution agreement for CAAS

Rogan-Delft and Pie Medical Imaging have signed a distribution agreement for the integration of Pie's Cardiovascular Angiography Analysis System (CAAS) products into Rogan's Zillion product portfolio.

eRad scores Michigan PACS deal

Physician Healthcare Network in Fort Gratiot, Mich., is now operational with eRAD PACS.

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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