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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‘Notable’ proportion of thyroid ultrasounds are unnecessary, leading to potential overdiagnoses

Experts are suggesting three solutions to address low-value thyroid imaging orders, including clinical decision support and education. 

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4 ways clinical AI can complement—rather than compete with—patient-centered care

If humanistic medicine is to endure the slow-motion AI tsunami flooding the healthcare landscape, humans will have to see those two forces—humanistic medicine and healthcare AI—not as oppositional to each other but as potentially synergistic. 

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Duke Health partners with analytics firm Trilliant to engage patients

Duke Health said the analytics platform will help it better understand the patient care needs of the local community, improve satisfaction scores and guide decisions about expanding services.

Surgeon sued by UnitedHealth over social media post says she’s nearly bankrupt

Elisabeth Potter, MD, said her clinic has been removed from the insurer’s provider networks, putting her business $5 million in debt as she faces a lawsuit over a social media video.

Healthcare IT analyst Amy Thompson from Signify Research explains trends in cardiology information systems at ACC 2025.

Cardiovascular IT systems keep evolving with AI, Epic integration on the rise

A Signify Research representative highlights key trends in cardiovascular IT systems, including the growing role of AI and much more. 

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What providers should know about patients who post healthcare reviews online

When dissatisfied patients slam provider entities in online reviews, they tend to focus on administrative frustrations and thwarted requests. By contrast, satisfied healthcare consumers write quick, list-like rundowns of things that pleased them. 

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FDA announces new recall of reprocessed EP catheters due to risk of contamination

Customers with these devices on hand are asked to return them right away. No serious injuries have been reported at this time, but the presence of residual particulates can lead to such side effects as pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis.

HHS ends support for mRNA vaccines in favor of ‘novel platforms’

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the agency is winding down support for mRNA as it looks to "whole virus" vaccines that offer broad protection against seasonal illnesses such as COVID-19 and influenza.