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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Johns Hopkins develops tool to combat costly no-show appointments

Johns Hopkins University’s Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare has developed a new algorithm that aims to reduce the number of costly no-show appointments.

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Telehealth models just as effective as in-person care when treating psoriasis patients

Telehealth models are just as effective as in-person visits with physicians when treating patients with psoriasis.

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Forbes op-ed: Technology won’t replace physician-patient relationship

The emergence of artificial intelligence in healthcare has led to many significant benefits for patients and patient care. However, AI—and other related technologies—aren’t likely to replace the intimate relationship between physician and patient, writes Russ Alan Prince, a wealth management consultant and author, for Forbes.

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PwC: New provider systems to supplant traditional hospital models

As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, hospitals are making moves to stay alive and avoid “facing death by a thousand cuts,” according to a new report from financial services company PwC. Over the next decade, health systems will rebuild into four new models that are expected to dominate the provider space, PwC predicted.

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Cerner announces team for VA EHR project

Cerner has selected its team to help implement a new electronic health record (EHR) system for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

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Babyscripts program, Wisconsin health network announce partnership

Physicians at the Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will now have access to a mobile tool that monitors patients' progress during pregnancy.

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How Mayo Clinic’s network strategy boosts patient outcomes

Years ago, one of the nation’s top hospital systems took a radical stance—it wasn’t going to play the merger and acquisition game to continue growing. Instead, Mayo Clinic, based in Rochester, Minnesota, decided it was going to form an extensive network of providers to work with and focus on fixing the fragmentation problems plaguing the healthcare space.

RTI patients prescribed antibiotics during virtual visits more satisfied than others

Respiratory tract infection (RTI) patients who were prescribed antibiotics during virtual visits rated their physicians better than patients who weren’t prescribed any antibiotics.

Around the web

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals. 

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."

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