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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Walmart partners with Transcarent for care solution

Retail giant Walmart has teamed up with Transcarent, a health and care platform, to provide a go-to-market solution for self-insured employers and their families.

 

Walgreens launches new business, invests in VillageMD

Walgreens Boots Alliance has launched a new business arm, Walgreens Health, enabled by investments in VillageMD, a primary care provider, and CareCentrix, a post-acute care company.

 

To pull off instant claims processing, Big Blue payer taps Big Tech player

The plan is to benefit not only consumers but also providers, who will immediately know how much reimbursement to expect and how much administrative activity they can prudently avoid.

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Exploring reports of discrimination, burnout and job satisfaction among US cardiologists

Feelings of burnout, researchers noted, were especially common among white cardiologists. 

AI predicts tumor metastasis from colon to lymph nodes

A convolutional neural network has proven adept at predicting the spread of colorectal cancer to the lymph nodes using automated analysis of histology slides.

‘It doesn’t seem real’: Colleague reflects on life of cardiologist killed in California plane crash

Two people died in the crash, which is still under investigation. 

Mobile self-test can serve as early-warning system for Alzheimer’s

Harvard researchers have demonstrated a web-based program that allows cognitively normal individuals to screen themselves, unsupervised, for the type of memory decline that may signal encroaching Alzheimer’s disease.

CUTTING-EDGE findings shine new light on mitral valve surgery after failed TEER

Overall, mitral valve surgery after TEER was associated with a 30-day mortality rate of 16.6% and one-year mortality rate of 31.3%.