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.

FDA Digital Health Advisory Committee

FDA taking the long view of generative AI in healthcare

The FDA’s fledgling Digital Health Advisory Committee (DHAC) only held its first meeting last week, but it has already committed its thinking to writing. 

Experts publish updated guidance on nuclear imaging for fevers of unknown origin

Fevers of unknown origin account for around 2% of hospitalizations and can present significant diagnostic challenges for providers.

Cardiothoracic surgeons at Emory University Hospital have implanted the BrioVAD System, a new type of ventricular assist device (VAD) from BrioHealth Solutions, for the very first time in the United States.

Surgeons make history with first US implant of new magnetically suspended heart pump

Cardiothoracic surgeons at Emory University Hospital implanted the BrioVAD System, a new type of ventricular assist device from BrioHealth Solutions, for the very first time in the United States. The advanced technology, designed to minimize adverse events and improve quality of life, has been under development since 2008. 

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Radiology practice's communication failure bears tragic consequences

After looking into the case, officials discovered that a coding error prevented the radiology report, which contained critical findings, from ever being sent to the referring provider.

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Report: 44% of adults in the U.S. are uninsured or underinsured

According to an analysis from the Commonwealth Fund, millions of patients are skipping necessary care and struggling to pay mounting medical debt. 

Medtronic has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its new InPen smartphone app and announced the launch of its new Smart MDI system. Smart MDI was designed to provide real-time insights for users on multiple daily injection (MDI) therapy. It includes the InPen smart insulin pen, the InPen app and Medtronic’s disposable, all-in-one Simplera continuous glucose monitor (CGM), which received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval back in August.

Medtronic receives key FDA clearance, launches new diabetes system

Medtronic designed its new Smart MDI system to provide real-time insights to users on multiple daily injection therapy.

Compensation for U.S. cardiologists is up across the board, according to a recent survey published by MedAxiom, an American College of Cardiology company. The report identified similar trends for cardiovascular surgeons, highlighting the country’s high demand for all heart specialists in 2024 and beyond.

Q&A: MedAxiom CEO explores key trends in cardiologist, cardiovascular surgeon compensation

Compensation for heart specialists continues to climb. What does this say about cardiology as a whole? Could private equity's rising influence bring about change? We spoke to MedAxiom CEO Jerry Blackwell, MD, MBA, a veteran cardiologist himself, to learn more.

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

An influential industry group, AdvaMed, really likes President-Elect Trump’s choice of Dr. Oz for CMS administrator.