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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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

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Elusive quadruple aim revisited for the generative AI era

Is U.S. healthcare capable of achieving its own quadruple aim? Or is that ideal destined to remain a perpetual pursuit, always chased but never really caught?

Vacant Walmart Health clinics attracting interest from insurers

Citing people familiar with the matter, a report said the retailer has spoken with Humana about potentially buying Walmart’s empty clinics.

Thomas Maddox, MD, explains some of the new, innovative technologies people should watch for in cardiology. He said some of these may define how cardiologist practice medicine in the next couple years.

Remote monitoring, AI to play key roles in the future of cardiology

Serious changes could be coming to a cardiology practice near you.

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Tracking private equity: Cardiologist, CEO share perspective on acquisition trends

The ongoing rise of private equity continues to be one of the biggest topics in modern healthcare. 

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Inmates in five states, including minors, to be granted Medicaid coverage

Inmates in Illinois, Kentucky, Oregon, Utah and Vermont will be granted access to patient care services, including behavioral health and drug abuse interventions.

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How much is too much when it comes to cryoablation volumes in solitary kidneys?

A paper in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology offers new guidance on how ablation volumes affect renal function in solitary kidneys and highlights ranges that pose the least risk to patients. 

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Private equity in cardiology: 4 key takeaways from a 10-year analysis

Tracking private equity acquisitions can be challenging, but that didn't stop researchers from exploring the last decade of activity in cardiology. "It will be critical to monitor the effects on procedural utilization, quality and outcomes for patients with CVD,” the group wrote.