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.

5 ways AI can help a hospital’s discharge department
Among the myriad processes to which AI could be meaningfully applied in healthcare, perhaps few are more easily overlooked than discharging patients from the hospital.
FDA announces new recall of Medtronic surgical devices over safety concerns
The agency warned that any unused devices should be removed from the market and returned to the manufacturer.
When health accessories grow up, they want to be wearable AI
Wearable health gadgets equipped with AI present myriad opportunities and challenges to healthcare consumers and the healthcare professionals who diagnose, treat and track them.
Heart transplants at VA medical center shut down after patient deaths
Safety incidents extend the halt at Richmond VA Medical Center into its 19th month, as the United Network for Organ Sharing launches its own investigation following an internal probe by Veterans Affairs.
DEA, HHS postpone permanent telehealth prescribing rule—again
The new rule was expected to go into effect on March 21 and would have expanded prescribing practices for buprenorphine, a non-opioid painkiller used to treat addiction.

Natural language processing offers complete view of cancer patients' pain

Natural language processing offers tools to improve monitoring of patient pain statuses, according to research published online Nov. 9 by the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

Rochester RHIO upgrades its Image Exchange program

The Rochester Regional Health Information Organization is upgrading its Image Exchange to allow healthcare providers improved access to diagnostic images.

Allscripts 'evaluating strategic alternatives'

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions is evaluating strategic alternatives, according to a statement from CEO Glen Tullman.

CDS could promote more judicious antibiotic use

Clinical decision support could help reduce the inappropriate use of antibiotics to treat acute respiratory infections, according to research published online Nov. 2 by the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Advances in research, standards, more

This month’s news includes coverage from the annual AHIMA convention, a substantial grant aimed at reducing medical errors associated with EHRs and new studies pointing out the benefits and flaws of current EHR systems.

Healthcare jobs increase slightly in October

Healthcare added 30,500 jobs in October and the overall U.S. economy gained 171,000 new jobs, according to preliminary figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Comment period for FDA's UDI system proposed rule to close

Numerous organizations have commented on the FDA's July proposed rule for a unique device identifier system. The system would track medical tools, allowing for prompt recall of any devices deemed dangerous to patient safety.

Health IT makes ECRI Institute's annual top 10 hazards list

For every problem that health IT might solve, it seems it introduces a few new problems as well. The ECRI Institute, a nonprofit patient safety organization, has released its sixth annual report listing the top health technology hazards for the coming year.

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Cardiovascular Business

ACC urges RFK Jr. to make Medicare reform a priority, warns against mass layoffs

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.

Radiology Business

FDA announces recall of Medtronic interventional radiology devices after 17 injuries, 4 deaths

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

AI in Healthcare

What federal regulators can learn from the states about AI oversight

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?

Patient Care

5 ways AI can help a hospital’s discharge department

FDA announces new recall of Medtronic surgical devices over safety concerns

When health accessories grow up, they want to be wearable AI

Heart transplants at VA medical center shut down after patient deaths

DEA, HHS postpone permanent telehealth prescribing rule—again

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