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.

What clinicians need to know about PCI, other revascularization techniques among women

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions has shared a new expert consensus statement that highlights sex-specific considerations associated with revascularization

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Cardiologist dies after small plane crash in Minnesota

The 61-year-old cardiologist was piloting the plane when it crashed. 

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‘Cause for concern’: Physicians in the same health system make vastly different choices for identical patients

The findings back long-held beliefs that wasteful spending on healthcare is tied, in part, to inappropriate decision making, researchers explained in JAMA Health Forum.

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Left main PCI still safe at hospitals without onsite cardiac surgery

The new analysis focused on in-hospital, 30-day and long-term outcomes. 

Remote monitoring with ICMs benefits patients with cardiac autonomic dysfunction

Researchers found that ICMs helped detect serious arrhythmic events in this patient population.

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VTE-related readmissions still ocurring months after cancer surgery

To better understand this issue, clinicians should track patient outcomes for more than just 30 days after surgery. 

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Primary care physicians and specialists both suffered modest salary declines during COVID-19

About 72% of doctors said their pay dropped due to COVID-19, with 8% forced to close shop entirely, according to new data from financial planning firm Physicians Thrive.

High-quality working environments for nurses linked to better outcomes for surgical patients

Those treated in settings with better nurse-physician teamwork, among other factors, had a 16% lower chance of being admitted to the ICU.