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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.

Massachusetts staffing agency, owner indicted for sending fake CNAs to nursing homes
The allegations are part of a 13-count indictment unveiled Monday by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell listing Blooming Staffing Agency, its owner and an employee as defendants. They are accused of billing nursing homes after knowingly placing unlicensed nursing assistants to care for elderly patients.
Significant variability found in pediatric CT imaging interpretations
Such discordance between pediatric and general radiologists could result in care delays and treatment changes.
Healthcare AI today: AI bubble may burst, AI hype and hope, agentic AI coming on strong
What do you get when you fall in love with AI in healthcare? A guy with a pin to burst your bubble.
Court dismisses nurse practitioners’ lawsuit challenging definition of ‘doctor’
The court's ruling is backed by the American Medical Association, which submitted an amicus brief arguing that "scope creep" threatens patient safety.
Pig kidney removed from New Hampshire man after record-setting 271 days
Tim Andrews, 67, is still alive and is back on the waiting list for a human donor. However, the success of his highly experimental procedure means more patients are scheduled to get genetically modified animal organs.

Phillips partners with Amazon to host EI offering, advance AI tools

According to Philips, the partnership with Amazon Web Services broadens its capabilities in enterprise informatics and many other key areas.

Internet of Things risky devices IP camera

The 6 riskiest medical and IoT devices deployed in healthcare

Among Internet of Things devices used in medical settings, Internet Protocol (IP) cameras are the most vulnerable to hackers. Meanwhile nurse call systems hold that troubling distinction among general medical devices.

Merck to acquire Prometheus Biosciences for $10.8B

The acquisition is one of 2023's biggest healthcare deals so far.

Nearly 60% of YouTube videos about MRI claustrophobia are deemed 'useless'

Nonprofessionals are responsible for nearly 75% of uploaded YouTube videos on the topic, the quality and reliability of which some experts find concerning, according to a new paper published in Cureus.

Moderna, Merck say new combination treatment boosts skin cancer survival

The new findings come after Moderna accused other pharmaceutical companies of stealing its mRNA technology for COVID-19 vaccines.

EHR a key contributing factor to diagnostic errors in radiology, legal claims analysis finds

About 20% of the small sample of EHR-related errors occurred in radiology, informatics experts wrote in JAMA Network Open.

Supreme Court halts restrictions on abortion pill

The Supreme Court has stepped in to block a Texas-based federal judge’s order that pulled back the approval of mifepristone.

x-ray dosimetry capsule monitors radiation dose during radiotherapy

Swallowable capsule monitors radiation dose in real-time during radiotherapy

Coming in at a diameter of 5 mm and thickness of 0.2 mm, the X-ray dosimeter measures radiation dose up to five times more accurately than standard methods.

Patient Care

Massachusetts staffing agency, owner indicted for sending fake CNAs to nursing homes

Significant variability found in pediatric CT imaging interpretations

Healthcare AI today: AI bubble may burst, AI hype and hope, agentic AI coming on strong

Court dismisses nurse practitioners’ lawsuit challenging definition of ‘doctor’

Pig kidney removed from New Hampshire man after record-setting 271 days