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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Cardiologists use video-based AI model to ID coronary artery disease

A team of specialists out of Cedars-Sinai developed the deep learning model using TTEs from nearly 3,000 patients.

Nemours Children's Hospital pediatric cardiologists explain lessons learned about cardiac involvement and long-term issues from multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a rare but serious disease caused by exposure to the COVID-19 virus. #MIS-C #COVID #coronavirus #SARSCoV2

VIDEO: Cardiologists share the latest details on COVID-related MIS-C

In this new video, pediatric cardiologists discuss some of the long-term issues associated with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a rare disease linked to COVID-19.

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CVS Health launches new virtual primary care service

CVS Health has launched its new virtual primary care offering with 24/7 on-demand care and scheduled mental health services.

Amazon launches $5 prescription services program

The medications included in the program treat more than 80 conditions.

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AI in cardiology: A step-by-step guide to developing high-quality algorithms

Overwhelmed or confused by AI and machine learning technology? A new analysis in European Heart Journal hopes to provide some clarity. 

FDA proposes major shift to COVID vaccine schedule

Under the new proposal, the FDA would conduct an assessment of prevalent strains circulating each year, likely beginning around June, with the aim of new vaccines being ready by September. 

Johnson & Johnson’s HIV vaccine trial fails

Johnson & Johnson has discontinued its Mosaico clinical trial that aimed to protect against HIV after its Phase 3 study revealed the regiment was safe but ineffective.

More Americans are putting off care than ever before

The percentage of Americans who are postponing medical care has reached a new high, according to a recent Gallup poll.

Around the web

CMS finalized a significant policy change when it increased the Medicare payments hospitals receive for performing CCTA exams. What, exactly, does the update mean for cardiologists, billing specialists and other hospital employees?

Stryker, a global medtech company based out of Michigan, has kicked off 2025 with a bit of excitement. The company says Inari’s peripheral vascular portfolio is highly complementary to its own neurovascular portfolio.

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.