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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Blue ribbon panel of experts shares advice on improving fluoroscopy safety: 5 takeaways

The American College of Radiology recently brought together thought leaders from 32 different organizations to come up with ways to standardize care when using this popular imaging system. 

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New York City hospital becomes third to earn ‘Snail’ award for chef-guided, food-as-medicine philosophy

Slow Food NYC gives the “Snail of Approval” honors to restaurants that make high-quality, sustainable food. But on rare occasions, a hospital earns the designation. Northwell Health’s Lenox Hill is the latest.

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California-based patient care coordination company hits $1B valuation with $130M in new funding

Solace Health, a company that connects patients with an "advocate" to help them navigate the U.S. healthcare system after a diagnosis, announced on Tuesday that it's earned $130 million in Series C funding, bringing its valuation to the coveted “unicorn status."

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Blood glucose monitor instructions updated due to error code linked to 114 injuries

No devices need to be returned or replaced, but the company did want to update their instructions for use. 

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Large-language AI models aren’t immune to medical misinformation, but they can learn to discern

Medical AI is likely to pass along potentially dangerous misinformation when the distortion comes to the model from a normally trustworthy source using a convincingly authoritative voice. 

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Stroke risk after TAVR still higher for woman as ‘sex paradox’ lives on

By tracking sex-related differences after TAVR, researchers hope to refine patient selection strategies and optimize care for both men and women.

The HeartBeam AIMIGo device is approximately the size of a credit card and uses the company’s patented 3D vectorelectrocardiography (3D VECG) technology to capture signals from three different projections and deliver a synthesized 12-lead ECG.

ECG market keeps evolving thanks to AI, home monitoring and Epic integration

For years, the ECG market was relatively static. According to a new report, however, things are rapidly changing. 

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National Quality Forum highlights key MRI safety issue on list of ‘serious reportable events’

NQF, a nonprofit organization working to improve healthcare outcomes, has singled out “patient harm associated with an MRI-related thermal injury” as an important area of concern.