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.

Consequential imaging: 6 ways prenatal ultrasound affects health and/or care

Parents-to-be consider prenatal ultrasound imaging a ceremonial custom they don’t want to miss out on.

Cardiologists identify a potential new side effect of monkeypox: acute myocarditis

A 31-year-old patient developed acute myocarditis shortly after the onset of monkeypox symptoms. The team that treated him shared their story in a new case study.

A TAVR procedure being performed at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. These structural heart procedures require a team approach.

TAVR patients with CAD face a greater risk of death—is PCI the answer?

All-cause mortality after five years is much more likely if a TAVR patient presents with CAD, according to a new analysis published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.

Viz.ai’s automated ventricle assessor cleared

The FDA has OK’d an algorithm that automatically ratios the diameter of the right ventricle vs. that of the left on CT pulmonary angiography studies for patients with pulmonary embolism (PE).

‘Low-trust’ providers inadvertently increase pain in patients undergoing diagnostic testing

The effect shows up on functional MRI as increased brain activity in regions involved in pain, emotion and attention—not only during the procedure but also afterward, when patients remember the experience and score its discomfort level.

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New expert guidelines highlight the importance of quickly diagnosing and treating CIED infections

Though removal of the affected CIED is typically the smartest treatment option—and one supported by specialty groups all over the world—a majority of patients keep living with the device, often resulting in hospitalization or even death.

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Most overdose patients are not tested for fentanyl

Hospital ER departments are missing out on overdose surveillance as the opioid epidemic continues to ravage the United States. 

 

Imaging vendor enters genetic medicine IT arena

The Swedish imaging IT and cybersecurity company best known as a highly rated PACS supplier has retooled its enterprise imaging platform to incorporate genomics data.