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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Medicaid insurer pledges to help build $900M in new affordable housing units

Centene is partnering with developer McCormack Baron Salzar to build the new units in eight states.

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Steward seeking buyers for its 31 hospitals, lays out timeline for sale

A hearing to approve the sales of its hospitals and clinics is scheduled for July 2.

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Giving patients access to their medical imaging could improve health literacy

However, medical image sharing could also produce an influx of questions from patients who have concerns about what they're looking at, authors of a new paper suggest.

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Wearable ECG specialists acquire new testing facility to reach more patients

San Francisco-based WearLinq says the acquisition will help its six-lead ECG technology reach more heart patients throughout the United States.   

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Radiologists help launch Uber-like service providing imaging consultations across the globe

Experts first designed the program in 2022 to provide subspecialty advice to clinicians in war-torn Ukraine. 

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

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9 notable quotes from 1 big day at an epicenter of AI in healthcare

As AI continues augmenting the expertise of healthcare professionals, look for it to go further and do nothing less than “enhance humanity.”

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Radiologist urges peers to perform ultrasounds, build better bonds with patients

Pranjal Rai, MBBS, made his case in a new opinion piece published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.