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.

Just wear it? Intel unveils ‘smart’ shirt

The future of wearable technology may be the shirt on your back.

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Share your innovations!

This week we announced the call for nominations for the first CIT Accelerator Awards. We will put the spotlight on innovations and processes that are working to achieve the triple aim.

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Making Strides in ED Efficiency, Innovation

Healthcare organizations are using new tools and innovations to streamline the delivery of care in the emergency department while improving patient satisfaction. 

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Long-term Care Providers Dipping Toes in Interoperable Waters

One of the goals of Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation challenge grants issued in 2011 was improving care coordination with long-term care providers. Here’s a look at the results.

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Samsung announces $50M digital health fund, wearable technology plans

The Silicon-Valley-based division of Samsung unveiled plans for an open platform for developers, medical professionals and hardware makers to advance digital health, reported CNBC.

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Operationalizing Effective Alerts

Decision support offers the opportunity to provide smarter intelligence for our clinicians at the point of order entry. The Choosing Wisely initiative is guiding our efforts to more effectively order appropriate medications and studies.

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Retail Outlets Are Changing the Care Landscape

Walgreens, CVS and more national chains traditionally considered drugstores are expanding their services into clinical care. 

Telehealth partnership aims to prevent blindness in developing world

The UC Davis Health System and global non-governmental organization Orbis International have penned a cooperation agreement to expand use of telemedicine technology to help treat and prevent blindness in the developing world.

Around the web

The American College of Cardiology has sent a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that outlines some of the organization’s central priorities and concerns. 

One product is being pulled from the market, and the other is receiving updated instructions for use.

If the Trump administration continues taking a laissez-faire stance toward AI—including AI used in healthcare—why not let the states go it alone on regulating the technology?