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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Transcarotid TAVR a safe alternative when femoral access is not an option

The conventional transfemoral approach is not always possible during TAVR procedures, leaving care teams with an important decision to make. 

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CMS extends bundled payments to 2025

Instead of concluding Dec. 31, 2023, the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced) Model is scheduled to end Dec. 31, 2025.

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7-state imaging powerhouse consolidates presence in the Garden State

An investor-backed practice in the Northeast has acquired the radiology operations of a practice that runs six imaging centers in New Jersey.

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Patients' out-of-pocket expenses up 123% for some imaging modalities

Older patients, racial/ethnic minorities, women and those on public insurance only (versus private) were observed to have lower OOP expenses. 

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Health officials say another COVID-19 wave is on its way

“We are unfortunately seeing indicators rising again in Europe, suggesting that another wave of infections has begun," according to a new warning from the World Health Organization and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The United States is typically a few weeks behind Europe when it comes to COVID-19 trends.

An updated look at how cognitive impairment affects TAVR outcomes

The connection between cognitive impairment and postoperative delirium among TAVR patients stood out as a definite concern to the study's authors.

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FDA launches new pilot program to improve medical device development

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a new pilot program that aims to streamline medical device development, increase predictability and reduce the time from concept to commercialization.

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Leaving my hospital radiology practice helped me rediscover the joy of medicine

Sponsored by vRad

For 20 years, my radiology practice was a large part of my life and my identity.

I was a solo practitioner at a small community hospital in Kansas. It was a lot of work, but I adored the people I worked with and I took pride in being the one to serve friends, family, and other familiar faces from my small-town neighborhood.