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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Hospital understaffing complaints dog big Northeastern state

Healthcare regulators in the country’s fourth most populous state are getting barraged with complaints about hospital understaffing.

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Congressional group wants to grill FDA on recently rejected OTC decongestant

Three months after an FDA panel declared a popular cold remedy no more effective than a sugar pill, a House oversight panel wants to ask FDA leadership a pointed question: What took you so long?

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How to tap QMS methodologies for speeding AI adoptions

It may hold that applying established people/process/technology principles can help hospitals move AI from experimental research settings to regulated clinical practice.

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Multistate health system recovering from T-day ransomware attack

A week later, the 30-hospital, six-state system is still working to assess the intrusion and repair any damage.

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US life expectancy rising from COVID downturn

The COVID-19 pandemic shaved 2.4 years off U.S. life expectancy, and the population has yet to fully recover from the setback. 

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Hopkins lawyers seeking new trial in ‘Maya’ case

Claiming possible juror misconduct, attorneys for Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in Florida have filed a motion for retrial.

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Healthcare hiring may save the US economy

If the country avoids slipping into an economic recession over the next few months or even years, it could have the healthcare job market to thank.

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Lawyer calls $261M judgment against Johns Hopkins ‘patently excessive’

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., is crying foul over the damages a jury ordered it to pay Maya Kowalski and her family earlier this month.

Around the web

Compensation for heart specialists continues to climb. What does this say about cardiology as a whole? Could private equity's rising influence bring about change? We spoke to MedAxiom CEO Jerry Blackwell, MD, MBA, a veteran cardiologist himself, to learn more.

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.”