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.

Emergency Department room ED ER EM

Predictive model cuts back on unnecessary imaging requests for headaches in the ED

Headaches are a common complaint among patients presenting to the emergency department, with millions of cases documented annually in the United States. 

Arlene Sussman, MD, radiologist-medical director, mammography, at vRad, explains a telebreast imaging system that allows patients direct video consults with their remote radiologist just after their exams to increase personalized care and to answer questions immediately to avoid waiting for answers. She spoke on this technology in sessions at RSNA 2024.

Creating real-time telebreast imaging that includes remote patient consults

Arlene Sussman, MD, medical director with vRad, explains a telebreast imaging system that allows patients direct video consults with a remote radiologist just after their exams to increase personalized care and answer questions immediately.

 

Amazon

Amazon One Medical employees viewed health data of man in wrongful death case

One Medical, a chain of primary care clinics owned by Amazon, is being sued by the family of a man who died due to alleged provider negligence. Now, court filings reveal staff improperly accessed the deceased man's protected medical records.

FDA artificial intelligence AI aggressive

Healthcare AI newswatch: FDA’s ‘rush’ to the AI altar, AI and Medicare Advantage, OpenAI benchmarks healthcare AI

For some, the FDA is moving too fast in its drive to adopt generative AI agency-wide. 

breast radiologist breast cancer mammography

Same-day breast biopsy program reduces patient wait times by 73%

A multidisciplinary team of breast radiologists, nurses, patient navigators, medical assistants and technologists worked to implement the program at Denver Health. 

LLM generative AI for mental healthcare

Patients size up GenAI for mental healthcare one way, for physical healthcare another

Healthcare consumers considering the use of large language AI for mental healthcare are apt to shy away from the technology if they feel it might put their privacy at risk. 

transgender gender LGBT LGBTQ

Pentagon ends healthcare for transgender service members

The new policy includes hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgeries. The news comes from an internal memo obtained by Reuters, which links it to a broader plan to remove troops with gender dysphoria from the military by June 6. 

Optum UnitedHealthcare UnitedHealth Group HQ

UnitedHealth, Amedisys offer divestitures as $3.3B merger advances

Pennant and BrightSpring Health Services have agreed to purchase some healthcare businesses from UnitedHealth and Amedisys. However, it remains unclear whether this will be enough for the DOJ to drop its lawsuit blocking the merger.