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.

Quality of care for heart patients does not improve in first year of ACO participation
Researchers tracked patient outcomes through the use of 15 performance measures related to hypertension, coronary artery disease, heart failure and atrial fibrillation.
Bill that would require providers report extravasations of radioactive drugs is back on the House floor
Patient advocacy groups say the proposal "is common-sense legislation that will protect patients."
Patients eligible for both breast and lung cancer screening are getting mammograms while ditching low-dose CT in droves
This finding underlines the need for interventions to increase LCS awareness and address common barriers such as confusing eligibility criteria.
Early pregnancy blood pressure patterns tied to hypertension risk years later
Researchers show certain blood pressure patterns during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy were more likely to develop into hypertension later in life.
American College of Radiology partners with AI developer, seeking to improve Alzheimer’s diagnoses
ACR is teaming with Belgium-based Icometrix, which is providing its brain MRI software to facilities participating in the Alzheimer’s Network for Treatment and Diagnostics.

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Cardiology at the supermarket: Shopping carts upgraded to detect signs of AFib

Attaching ECG sensors to the handles of shopping carts could help identify signs of atrial fibrillation in patients who don't even realize they have it.

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Radiologists read across an average of 5 subspecialties but aren’t always confident doing so

About 40% of rads said they accept studies across all areas of expertise. Yet, less than half are “very confident” reading them.

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Is regulating AI one pursuit that can unite a polarized Congress? 5 reasons to hope so

America’s two major political parties are talking in practical unison about working things out over a common cause.

Top 20 children’s hospitals for cardiology and heart surgery

Did your facility make the cut? For its 2023-2024 list, U.S. News and World Report evaluated data from 119 hospitals and surveyed thousands of pediatric specialists.

Photon-counting technology offers new opportunities in imaging high-risk CAD patients

Coronary CT angiography is commonly used to assess patients at low or intermediate risk of CAD but is less effective in high-risk patients with an increased presence of coronary calcifications and stents due to the “blooming” effect they have on imaging.

USPSTF now recommends screening all adults for anxiety disorders

This is the first time that the task force has recommended screening for anxiety disorders in an asymptomatic adult population.

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Patient Care

Quality of care for heart patients does not improve in first year of ACO participation

Bill that would require providers report extravasations of radioactive drugs is back on the House floor

Patients eligible for both breast and lung cancer screening are getting mammograms while ditching low-dose CT in droves

Early pregnancy blood pressure patterns tied to hypertension risk years later

American College of Radiology partners with AI developer, seeking to improve Alzheimer’s diagnoses