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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 DeliveryDigital TransformationPrecision MedicineRemote Monitoring and Telehealth.

Elsevier's ExitCare Collaborates With eClinicalWorks

Elsevier [http://www.elsevier.com ], a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today that eClinicalWorks users will be able to take advantage of Elsevier's ExitCare [http://www.exitcare.com ] solution for evidence-based patient education and discharge instructions through the eClinicalWorks Electronic Health Record (EHR).

October 10, 2013

Wolters Kluwer Health and Cerner Corporation Partner to Create Dynamic Documentation Solution

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that it has partnered with Cerner Corporation to develop a dynamic clinical documentation solution. The solution will leverage evidence-based ProVation® Clinic Note content and clinical decision support which, when embedded with Cerner Millennium®, will guide physician documentation and capture critical information at the point of care.

October 9, 2013

CIVCO Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance of ProturaTM Robotic Patient Positioning System Integration with Varian Clinac® iX and Trilogy® Linacs

CIVCO Medical Solutions, the leading provider of radiation oncology motion management solutions, is pleased to announce U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance of ProturaTM Robotic Patient Positioning System integration with Varian Medical Systems’ Motion Management Interface.

October 9, 2013

PACSGEAR Joins Lexmark's Perceptive Software

Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) today announced the acquisition of PACSGEAR, a leading provider of connectivity solutions for healthcare providers to capture, manage and share medical images and related documents and integrate them with existing picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) and electronic medical records (EMR) systems. Lexmark paid a cash purchase price of approximately $54 million.

October 5, 2013

Georgia Department of Community Health Launches Statewide Health Information Exchange Network with Truven Health Analytics

Truven Health Analytics and the Georgia Department of Community Health announced today the launch of a statewide health information exchange (HIE) network, known as the Georgia Health Information Network (GaHIN).

October 3, 2013

Greenway and Harland Technology Services Form Alliance to Deliver Managed Health IT to Ambulatory Practices

Greenway Medical Technologies announces an alliance with Harland Technology Services to support small to medium-sized ambulatory healthcare practices in implementing advanced health information technology (HIT) solutions.

October 3, 2013

GEMMS Announces New Low Cost Health Information Interoperability Program

At the recent GEMMS Annual User Group Conference, GEMMS announced the immediate availability of several new low cost GEMMS interface packages. GEMMS, a leader in specialty based EHR, has leveraged its GEMMS LINK technology to interoperability solutions that are low cost and which can be deployed rapidly. "For years our customers have requested that interfaces be easier, quicker and less expensive to deploy," stated Dr. Rodger Pinto, CEO of GEMMS. "This has been hard to do given the lack of standards that exist in the industry." He went on to explain, "but now with the new GEMMS LINK technology we are able to quickly and effectively provide high quality interfaces that can be managed by the users with a minimum of IT experience and allows for quick deployment and lower cost to the customer."

October 3, 2013

NextGxDx and athenahealth to Improve Clinicians' Genetic Testing Order Workflow

NextGxDx Inc., the most comprehensive online marketplace for genetic testing, yesterday announced that through its work with athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN), a leading provider of cloud-based services for electronic health record (EHR), practice management, and care coordination, the companies will deliver an integrated platform to help clinicians more effectively navigate and improve genetic test ordering.NextGxDx is designed to make the complex process of genetic testing simpler. Empowered by an intuitive user interface, physicians and other health care professionals can access up to date listings of all genetic tests from CLIA certified laboratories, order tests online, and receive results electronically. The company's bioinformatics team uses proprietary tools to update and curate test data.

October 2, 2013

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Automated AI-generated measurements combined with annotated CT images can improve treatment planning and help referring physicians and patients better understand their disease, explained Sarah Jane Rinehart, MD, director of cardiac imaging with Charleston Area Medical Center.

Two advanced algorithms—one for CAC scores and another for segmenting cardiac chamber volumes—outperformed radiologists when assessing low-dose chest CT scans. 

"Gen AI can help tackle repetitive tasks and provide insights into massive datasets, saving valuable time," Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, said Tuesday. 

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