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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.

AI Eko smart stethoscope machine learning heart murmurs adult pediatric patients FDA clearance

FDA clears Eko’s latest AI model for heart murmurs

The algorithm works with Eko's smart stethoscopes to help physicians identify and diagnose structural heart murmurs. 

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FDA to consider OTC birth control application

The application comes just weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed the right to abortion care in the U.S. for nearly 50 years.

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California will make its own insulin to increase affordability

The plan will allow California to offer insulin at a cheaper price, “closer to cost,” Governor Gavin Newsom said in a video announcement on Twitter July 7.

 

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Job cuts on the rise among healthcare workers

The healthcare industry was among those with the most cuts across the entire economy.

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Francisco Partners completes $1B buyout of IBM Watson Health

Francisco Partners will keep the business as a standalone entity under the moniker Merative.

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Universal flu vaccine trial to begin

A universal vaccine would offer broader and longer-lasting protection against seasonal flu viruses and new flu viruses.

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Athenahealth launches AI tool for EHRs

The company thinks its new technology can help physicians spend more time with patients and less time filling out paperwork. 

Monkeypox update: Biden administration plans to have 1.6M vaccines available by year's end

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced its strategy to vaccinate and protect those most at risk from monkeypox, a rare disease in the same family as smallpox.

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Cardiovascular devices are more likely to be in a Class I recall than any other device type. The FDA's approval process appears to be at least partially responsible, though the agency is working to make some serious changes. We spoke to a researcher who has been tracking these data for years to learn more. 

Updated compensation data includes good news for multiple subspecialties. The new report also examines private equity's impact on employment models and how much male cardiologists earn compared to females.

When drugs are on the FDA’s shortage list, outsourcing facilities can produce their own compounded versions. When the FDA removed tirzepatide from that list with no warning, it created a considerable amount of chaos both behind the scenes and in pharmacies all over the country. 

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