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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Cardiology groups share new recommendations for performing safe, effective cardiac ablations in ASCs

The timing of this new guidance from the Heart Rhythm Society and American College of Cardiology could not have been better—the document went live just as CMS finalized its decision to cover cardiac ablation procedures performed in ASCs.

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Healthcare AI today: AI succeeds Hippocrates, Amazon looms large, 2026 predictions begin

The largest healthcare system in the Middle East is partnering with Nvidia to decode the human genome. If successful, the AI-heavy project will translate almost the entire language of heredity into actionable information.

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Expanding lung cancer screening eligibility criteria could save tens of thousands of lives

“These findings suggest that current screening guidelines miss most patients with lung cancer, and age-based screening could improve detection and cost-effectiveness," experts note.

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Judge rules hospital isn’t liable for discarded brain of gene therapy patient

Children's Wisconsin admitted that it accidentally threw out the brain of a 24-year-old woman who survived a rare childhood illness as a result of a novel gene therapy. A researcher called the organ “irreplaceable.” 

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FDA issues recall on video laryngoscopes after battery leaks, power failures

A model of i-View Video Laryngoscopes manufactured by Intersurgical is defective and will need to be removed from patient care settings and supply houses immediately, as they pose a serious risk to patient health.

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Abbott acquires cancer diagnostic company Exact Sciences for $21B

The deal will not be finalized until approved by Exact Sciences’ shareholders. With it, Abbott gains control of new diagnostic tools, including a popular at-home test for colorectal cancer.

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Washington hospital open since 1887 pauses heart transplant program due to vacancies

No other heart or transplant services at the nonprofit hospital should be impacted by this temporary shift in care. 

Boston Scientific partners with Epic on data integration

The collaboration allows providers to order diagnostic tests and then receive results directly in Epic.