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 Delivery, Digital Transformation, Precision Medicine, Remote Monitoring and Telehealth.

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Man undergoes brain surgery on live television

A man from Ohio became the first person to undergo brain surgery on live television, National Geographic reports. Check out a clip from the procedure here.

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Physician fee schedule increases reimbursable telehealth services

The 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule includes some good news for proponents of telehealth. 

Telehealth to hit $2.8B by 2020

The U.S. telehealth market is expected to reach $2.8 billion by 2022, according to a report from Grand View Research. 

AHRQ analysis: Hospital-acquired conditions down 17%

Efforts to improve patient safety have paid off. Between 2010 and 2013, hospital-acquired conditions declined by 17 percent, according to a data synthesis from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

The challenges of successfully introducing digital health

BOSTON—“We have to think of digital health as a public good,” said Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSc, director of health services research at Cedars-Sinai Health System, speaking at the Connected Health Symposium held by Partners HealthCare.

Arkansas to get its first healthcare accelerator

Baptist Health and the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub are introducing a program to support and accelerate the development of new startup companies with innovative solutions to improve healthcare delivery in the state.  

Walgreens, Rite Aid merger poised to boost digital health offerings

Walgreens Boots Alliance will acquire rival drugstore chain Rite Aid for $9.4 billion, for a combined marketshare of 46.5 percent.

Intel's Eric Dishman: Let's make genomic sequencing scalable

BOSTON—Being a cancer patient for 23 years has given Eric Dishman, an Intel Fellow and general manager of the company’s Health & Life Sciences Group, a unique perspective on care delivery.

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Cardiovascular Business
FDA says years-long tirzepatide shortage is resolved, will give limited leeway to compounders

The tirzepatide shortage that first began in 2022 has been resolved. Drug companies distributing compounded versions of the popular drug now have two to three more months to distribute their remaining supply.

AI in Healthcare
From Capitol Hill to a hospital near you? 5 federal recommendations for healthcare AI policy

The 24 members of the House Task Force on AI—12 reps from each party—have posted a 253-page report detailing their bipartisan vision for encouraging innovation while minimizing risks. 

Cardiovascular Business
Merck spends up to $2B to license new weight loss drug with potential heart benefits

Merck sent Hansoh Pharma, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, an upfront payment of $112 million to license a new investigational GLP-1 receptor agonist. There could be many more payments to come if certain milestones are met.