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.

Proton therapy lowers chance of later cancers

BOSTON– Patients receiving proton therapy are at a decreased risk of developing a secondary cancer by two-fold, compared to being treated with standard photon radiation treatment, according to a first-of-its-kind study presented today at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's (ASTRO) 50th annual meeting.

SafeMed joins Google Health, Cleveland Clinic PHR program

SafeMed, a provider of analytical software for clinical decision support, has formed a collaboration with Google Health, a new product that is currently being pilot-tested with the Cleveland Clinic.

GE radiation planning software addresses problem of tumor motion

GE Healthcare announced the integration of its Advantage 4D and Advantage SIM technology at last weeks last week's American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting in Denver, Colo.

Around the web

Stryker, a global medtech company based out of Michigan, has kicked off 2025 with a bit of excitement. The company says Inari’s peripheral vascular portfolio is highly complementary to its own neurovascular portfolio.

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.

Mark Isenberg, executive vice president of Zotec Partners, discusses key developments that will reshape the specialty this year.