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.

Blood test measures medication adherence in HIV patients

Taking your medications at the right time and according to doctor’s recommendations is especially importanrt for HIV-positive individuals because medication adherence prevents the spread of the disease.

Delve Health introduces cloud-based research management

Life science companies who are trying to provide information on their trials and products can have a hard time presenting information when they are stuck still handing out tip cards. DELVE HEALTH is bringing them into the digital world by integrating all of their information within their new cloud system.

Hospital-specific GPS aims to improve efficiency, patient flow

Navigating so many hallways, deciphering signs and going up and down flights of stairs—a hospital can be a tricky place to navigate, especially for the unfamiliar.Connexient, a New York-based firm specializing in location-based services, has designed the MediNav Navigator Edition 2.0 specifically for healthcare settings.

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Black, Hispanic kids receive less mental healthcare than whites

Racial disparities could play a role in the scant access Hispanic and black American kids have to mental healthcare, according to a study published in the International Journal of Health Services. And in fact, mental health problems among these populations more often result in disciplinary measures such as school suspensions or incarceration rather than mental health treatment. 

Reminders, self-reporting improved medication adherence in HIV patients

For people living with HIV, self-reporting on substance use and antiretroviral therapy adherence could be a struggle. Researchers at the University of Buffalo developed an app to make this process easier for both the participant and researchers to gain information.

Overweight teens shouldn’t be told to diet, says new guidance for pediatric docs

When teenagers are obese or overweight, pediatric physicians should steer clear of encouraging them to diet, and family members should do the same, according to new guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

FDA approves marketing of two cognitive skill tests for head trauma

After a traumatic head injury, most cognitive skills tests are done by physicians at the hospital well after the initial impact. The FDA announced it will allow the marketing of two devices capable of assessing a patient's cognitive function immediately after a suspected brain injury or concussion.

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Yoga, meditation can improve mental health among disadvantaged, minority women

Women in the U.S. suffer from depression at twice the rate that men do, and women in low socioeconomic areas, with the limited availability of mental health care services in the country, have a harder time managing and treating their mental health problems.

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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