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.

A team-based approach to reducing cardiac monitor alarms

A team-based approach can reduce excessive cardiac monitor alarms and therefore alarm desensitization and fatigue, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

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2014 sees ‘record high’ corporate digital health investments

Digital health and health IT companies brought in $2.2 billion in funding during the first half of 2014, according to a report from CB Insights.

AMC Health Highlights Telehealth's Positive Impact on Veterans' Care

NEW YORK, Nov. 6, 2014--This National Veterans Day, AMC Health is raising awareness about the critical role telehealth is playing in providing veterans access to quality care.

eClinicalWorks Assists Customers to Gain Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--eClinicalWorks®, a leader in ambulatory healthcare IT solutions, today announces the success its customers have achieved in receiving National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition. 

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With N.Y. doctor cleared of Ebola, there are no known cases in U.S.

The physician who treated Ebola patients in West Africa before returning to New York City has been deemed clear of Ebola, meaning that the U.S. currently has no known cases of the virus.

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Barriers persist in obtaining medical records

Extracting medical records from a hospital proved arduous for Peter Drier, the subject of a New York Times article on the surprise fees of out-of-network assistant surgeons.

CDISC, HIMSS work to link patient care with clinical research

Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium and HIMSS, in partnership with Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise, are joining forces to solve the challenge of assessing and reusing EHR data for research purposes within a single workflow.

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Associations recommend telehealth to CMS

Two organizations have submitted comments about telehealth in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation's request for information on potential innovations for health plans.

Around the web

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.

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. 

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.