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.

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.
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.
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.
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.”
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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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Primary care could use a break. AI might be able to supply it.

artificial intelligence AI in the C suite

It’s 2024. Does the C-suite know—or care—what workers are doing with generative AI?

In the rush to do something, anything with AI, are America’s business leaders playing fast and loose with the risks?

Epic sued by interoperability startup following dispute over patient data

Particle Health has accused Epic Systems of monopolistic business practices that hinder data-driven initiatives to improve patient care. Epic calls the complaint “baseless.”

FDA announces Class I recall for compounding inlets due to risk of death

Baxter’s disposable inlets for automated compounding systems could pose a serious risk to patients if not properly inspected before use.

Watchdog group, fearful of fraud, wants more oversight for remote patient monitoring

Cardiologists and other physicians may soon need to provide much more information when ordering remote patient monitoring for Medicare patients.

CDC highlights radiology’s critical role in striving for ‘hospital diagnostic excellence’

DxEx, as the agency calls it for short, ensures that imaging and other tests are ordered, interpreted, communicated and acted upon appropriately.

A majority of medical devices involved in Class I recalls were never required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to undergo premarket or postmarket clinical testing, according to new research published in Annals of Internal Medicine.[1]

Most recalled cardiovascular devices gained FDA approval with little to no clinical evidence

Why are so many cardiovascular devices involved in Class I recalls? One possible reason could be the large number of devices hitting the market without undergoing much premarket clinical testing.

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Foreign nurses face immigration barriers amid U.S. healthcare staffing shortages

Immigration attorney Kathleen Campbell Walker, JD, explains the barriers foreign nurses face when immigrating to the U.S. and the need for policy changes that could help solve the growing healthcare staffing shortage.

Patient Care

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

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

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

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

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