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.

Healthcare AI today: Nurses called to AI action, Big Beautiful Law, of mice and AI, more
If nurses fail to lead the way toward safe and responsible use of healthcare AI, the profession may lose its voice on emerging technologies.
Rural patients less likely to undergo PET imaging for prostate cancer
Experts suggest possible remedies to this disparity, including mobile PET units or establishing hub-and-spoke care models.
For patients with complex care needs, AI is helpful—but the human touch is irreplaceable
Primary care providers are excited about the promise AI holds to help them help patients living with multiple chronic conditions. However, they believe these patients will continue to need the human connection they get from their PCPs.
HHS, RFK sued by medical associations over COVID policy shift
Multiple professional groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Physicians, challenge recent policy changes to vaccine recommendations for COVID-19, which end routine inoculations for minors and pregnant women.
EHR-driven PCI risk assessments could make a world of difference
Researchers with Mayo Clinic have shown that EHR-driven risk assessments could go a long way toward improving care for PCI patients.

Healthcare AI today: Nurses called to AI action, Big Beautiful Law, of mice and AI, more

If nurses fail to lead the way toward safe and responsible use of healthcare AI, the profession may lose its voice on emerging technologies.

Rural patients less likely to undergo PET imaging for prostate cancer

Experts suggest possible remedies to this disparity, including mobile PET units or establishing hub-and-spoke care models.

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For patients with complex care needs, AI is helpful—but the human touch is irreplaceable

Primary care providers are excited about the promise AI holds to help them help patients living with multiple chronic conditions. However, they believe these patients will continue to need the human connection they get from their PCPs.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sign.

HHS, RFK sued by medical associations over COVID policy shift

Multiple professional groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Physicians, challenge recent policy changes to vaccine recommendations for COVID-19, which end routine inoculations for minors and pregnant women.

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EHR-driven PCI risk assessments could make a world of difference

Researchers with Mayo Clinic have shown that EHR-driven risk assessments could go a long way toward improving care for PCI patients.

Interval breast cancer rates on the rise.

Survey unearths confusion among women around when to start mammograms

Among 1,600 U.S. adults surveyed, about 49% said they know that age 40 is when women at average risk should begin screening.

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Post-ablation PET imaging may not be cost-effective in patients with liver metastases

Although most radiology organizations agree that [18F]FDG PET/CT can provide valuable information in these patients post-treatment, their recommendations differ on its use.

Healthcare AI today: Mayo book, fraud busting, ‘shapeless monsters,’ more

Some AI researchers have taken to calling certain LLMs ‘Shoggoths.’ Be afraid. Be very afraid.