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.

A common word may be giving heart patients the wrong idea
Cardiologists often use the word “stable” when describing a heart failure patient who is recovering or showing signs of improvement. That word, however, could be giving patients a false sense of security—and it could even do harm to their long-term health.
How US healthcare can win over—or win back—the American people
The American public’s trust in healthcare institutions, long a matter of common courtesy, fell off a cliff after the COVID-19 crisis. Two academic physicians propose a treatment pathway for the injured patient—aka our healthcare system’s reputation for reliability.
In brief: Hospitals v. pharmacies in court, lights on at all-electric hospital, money-minded nonprofits, more
A new hospital is about to become the largest in the country intended to operate on electricity only.
Kerfuffle continues over pending halt of hep B vaccine for babies
Reaction to the recommendation has been strong and mostly—but not entirely—negative.
AI news & views in brief: AI as healthcare cure-all, AI-experienced med students, more
If we would just let it do its thing, AI could fix practically everything that’s wrong with U.S. healthcare.

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A common word may be giving heart patients the wrong idea

Cardiologists often use the word “stable” when describing a heart failure patient who is recovering or showing signs of improvement. That word, however, could be giving patients a false sense of security—and it could even do harm to their long-term health.

How US healthcare can win over—or win back—the American people

The American public’s trust in healthcare institutions, long a matter of common courtesy, fell off a cliff after the COVID-19 crisis. Two academic physicians propose a treatment pathway for the injured patient—aka our healthcare system’s reputation for reliability.

In brief: Hospitals v. pharmacies in court, lights on at all-electric hospital, money-minded nonprofits, more

A new hospital is about to become the largest in the country intended to operate on electricity only.

Kerfuffle continues over pending halt of hep B vaccine for babies

Reaction to the recommendation has been strong and mostly—but not entirely—negative.

AI news & views in brief: AI as healthcare cure-all, AI-experienced med students, more

If we would just let it do its thing, AI could fix practically everything that’s wrong with U.S. healthcare.

HHS out with bold AI strategy to ‘unleash a new era of wellbeing for a healthier America’

The Department of Health and Human Services has unfurled a roadmap for aligning its approach to AI adoption in healthcare with the broad AI aspirations of President Trump.

Neuralink users reveal power to move robotic arms, play video games with their minds

The results were shown in multiple posts on X. A clinical trial to prove the safety and efficacy of Elon Musk's brain implant is ongoing, with 12 people currently using the devices.

Community Health Systems sells ambulatory diagnostics segment to Labcorp for $194M

The all-cash deal is expected to be finalized in April 2026. With this divestment of its ambulatory labs, Tennessee-based Community Health Systems said it will be better able to focus on its core patient care business.