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.

Amino introduces free healthcare cost comparison program

Cost comparing apps can help you find you a new house, plan a date and, now, one may even help find you a doctor. A new app from Amino allows anyone to search for a doctor in his price range and area, according to MobiHealth.

Stem cell production just got a whole lot easier

Stem cell have the possibility to change the way we treat many different diseases but these possibilities remain undiscovered because of the high cost and unsafe conditions that come along with developing these cells. Thankfully, researchers have discovered a new method of creating stem cells in the hopes of realizing the full potential of these powerful cells.

Confusing paperwork means many toddlers left without health insurance

Babies who might otherwise be entirely eligible for health insurance under Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program aren’t getting it after their first birthday. That hiccup is mostly bureaucratic, experts told Kaiser Health News. 

Researchers find connection between Gaucher, Parkinson’s diseases may lead to cure

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered a molecule that may hold the cure for both Gaucher and Parkinson’s diseases.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas partners with Metamark Genetics to provide urologic cancer care

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas members now have access to urological care under a new agreement between the insurer and Metamark Genetics.

Rutgers aims to reach underserved communities with telemedicine

Patients in and around Newark, New Jersey, will now be able to receive healthcare through the use of telemedicine, thanks to the partnership of Rutgers School of Nursing and Rutgers Business School.

Provata Health’s goes digital to improve patient outcomes

Provata Health’s implementation of its digital health promotion program, Healthy Team Healthy U (HTHU), has helped patients improve health outcomes and to sustain those results at a higher rate than without the program.

Is the 'Golden Age' of antiobotics in our rearview mirror?

Some experts are now saying the “golden age of antibiotics” is behind us, according to the Los Angeles Times. The ability to stop a bacterial infection in its tracks is a thing of the past, because more and more antibiotic-resistant gene markers are showing up in bacteria in the U.S. 

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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