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.

Healthcare AI today: Pittsburgh’s bonanza, Bay area’s superstars, Dr. Google’s followers, more
The numbers from Pittsburgh are staggering. And they’re all about blasting American-made AI into the stratosphere, if not to Infinity and beyond.
FDA recalls real-time glucose monitors after 56 injuries
Receivers on active glucose monitors manufactured by Dexcom are reportedly failing to send alerts when a patient’s blood sugar levels are dangerously high or low. There have been no deaths linked to the malfunction.
Patients believe docs who use AI are less competent, according to new survey data
Although most medical providers see how artificial intelligence can benefit their practices, patients perceive docs who utilize AI in a less favorable light.
Patients who visit providers via telemedicine undergo significantly fewer imaging exams
Researchers with the Neiman Health Policy Institute recently investigated how COVID-related care site shifts impacted diagnostic radiology, sharing their findings in JACR.
The future of hospital logistics is with AI
In hospital settings, the success of AI adoption hinges on how well implementation leaders balance technological innovation in departmental silos with operational nimbleness across the enterprise. In a term, the latter refers to hospital logistics.

Heart attack deaths down in US: ‘We’re making progress in the right direction’

The study, to be presented March 5 at ACC.23/WCC in New Orleans, examined outcomes data from 1999 to 2020.

Pfizer in talks to acquire Seagen in deal worth more than $30B

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is reportedly in talks to acquire Seagen, a biotechnology company focused on developing cancer therapies.

Pelvic CT after liver cancer: Costs versus benefits

Should patients treated for hepatocellular carcinoma undergo regular follow-up pelvic CTs? Rising survival rates may change the calculus.

MRI catches CT in head-to-head lung imaging

When it comes to assessing patients with suspected pulmonary embolism, contrast-enhanced CT pulmonary angiography has no diagnostic edge over a certain free-breathing, unenhanced MRI perfusion protocol.

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AI in healthcare? Many patients seem unimpressed

60% of U.S. adults would be uncomfortable if their healthcare provider relied on AI for their medical care.

Fatal accident calls MRI safety standards into question—are more regulations needed?

There are a number of well-intended recommendations for preventing MRI injuries, but many of them stop short of implementing safety requirements.

Sahil A. Parikh, MD, Director of Endovascular Services at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, explained the growing trend or interventional cardiologists treating PAD and CLI. He shares what he thinks is important for cardiology departments to know before expanding expanding their programs in this space.

What do interventional cardiologists need to treat PAD and CLI?

Sahil Parikh, MD, director of endovascular services at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, said treating these patients can be quite challenging.

Regional One hit by data breach

Reventics, a revenue cycle management company and a business associate of Regional One Health, detected a cyber-intruder who accessed the company’s servers in December 2022.

Patient Care

Healthcare AI today: Pittsburgh’s bonanza, Bay area’s superstars, Dr. Google’s followers, more

FDA recalls real-time glucose monitors after 56 injuries

Patients believe docs who use AI are less competent, according to new survey data

Patients who visit providers via telemedicine undergo significantly fewer imaging exams

The future of hospital logistics is with AI