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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Abortion pill legality in question after conflicting federal judgments

The use of a common medication used to end pregnancy is now in question after a federal judge in Texas struck down its legality in a shocking decision.

Coalition for Health AI

Coalition acts to ensure credible, fair, transparent AI in healthcare

Having identified an “urgent” need for guardrails to keep healthcare AI from veering into an avoidable ditch, the Coalition for Health AI has put together a 24-page guide applicable to numerous groups of stakeholders.

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Serious patient safety events up 19% in 2022

A new report from the Joint Commission has laid bare a dramatic increase in sentinel events, up 19% in 2022 compared to the previous year, with the majority happening in hospital settings.

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Medtronic, DaVita launch new kidney health company

"Mozarc Medical's focus will be on meaningful and innovative kidney health technologies that improve the overall patient experience and increase access to care globally," CEO Ven Manda said. 

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These health systems have the biggest digital health portfolios

U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.

$300M research fund will focus on Alzheimer’s

The research fund aims to track the health of Americans for decades, with the intent of housing the long-term health information of 70% to 90% of the population.

pulmonary embolism on CT pulmonary angiography

AI work list prioritization tool significantly decreases PE turnaround times

The FDA-approved tool works by reprioritizing CTPA exams to the top of a radiologist’s work list when the scan is positive for PE.

ChatGPT chatbot

Liver specialists among first to be ably aided by ChatGPT

ChatGPT isn’t capable of unilaterally guiding care for patients with cirrhosis or the liver cancer it tends to spawn, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the large-language AI tool can competently assist clinicians.  

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.”