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.

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ProPublica: Trump’s Mar-a-Lago crowd oversaw $10B VA contract to overhaul EHRs

A new report from ProPublica reveals more information about President Trump associates and members of the Mar-a-Lago resort who have been involved in the oversight of the Department of Veteran Affairs’ multibillion-dollar effort to overhaul its electronic health records system.

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FDA grants clearance to AI-powered imaging system

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance for technology that uses AI to enhance images from shorter scan procedures.

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Co-founder of AI platform that improves ECG analysis named European Innovator of the Year

Cardiologs co-founder and CEO Yann Fleureau was named the European Innovator of the Year by MIT Technology Review, which also included the French native on its list of the top 35 European innovators under the age of 35.

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FDA grants breakthrough device designation to Bayer, Merck AI software

The FDA is speeding up the review process for new software that uses AI to help radiologists diagnose chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), pharmaceutical company Bayer announced Dec. 3.

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NIH, NVIDIA to develop AI tools for brain, liver cancer clinical trials

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and tech company NVIDIA are partnering to create AI tools for clinical trials focused on brain and liver cancer.

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Smartphones could be used to help diagnose depression, study suggests

That smartphone you’re carrying around in your hand could potentially be used as a tool to help recognize signs of depression in patients and lead to earlier intervention, researchers with Stanford University suggested.

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Telemedicine use still rare among physicians

Telemedicine is a growing service, but its use is still rare among physicians, according to a recent research paper published in Health Affairs.

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Aetna, Ascension join blockchain project

Two more healthcare companies have joined a blockchain alliance project that aims to use the technology to improve data quality and reduce administrative costs associated with healthcare provider demographic data changes.

Around the web

As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, said the clinical community needs to combat health misinformation at a grassroots level. He warned that patients are immersed in a "sea of misinformation without a compass."

With generative AI coming into its own, AI regulators must avoid relying too much on principles of risk management—and not enough on those of uncertainty management.

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