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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.

Industry Watcher’s Digest
HHS isn’t waiting to see what its incoming secretary does before filling some key leadership positions.
Doctors removed a patient's ovaries without her knowledge or consent, lawsuit claims
Melissa Hubbard says her gynecologist and surgeon decided to remove her ovaries during a colectomy but failed to inform her of their intent. The case’s fate is now in the hands of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
FTC, DOJ and HHS release report warning of private equity consolidation in healthcare
The agencies said private equity firms are rolling up healthcare sectors through serialized purchases that fly under the radar of regulators, creating an unsustainable level of consolidation.
AI in the ICU (and elsewhere): Less stress, better conditions, alleviated shortages
When appropriately applied in critical care settings, AI can deliver considerable value to clinical staff, hospital management and local communities. In the process the technology may help resolve persistent staffing shortages.
Report highlights flaws in FDA rapid approval of Alzheimer drug
A new report from the Office of the Inspector General found the FDA failed to properly record meetings with drug manufacturers, ultimately approving drugs later shown to have safety and efficacy issues.

Antibacterial envelope lowers risk of infection among CIED patients who develop hematomas

Additional findings from this analysis are scheduled to be presented at Heart Rhythm 2021.

Scholarly futurists project healthcare AI’s trajectory across 3 time windows

Beginning around 2031, autonomous virtual assistants will deliver precision preventive medicine while networked provider orgs offer closely connected care via single, shared digital infrastructures.

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American College of Cardiology launches new partnership to boost patient care around the globe

The groups aim to help hospitals around the world collect data on cardiovascular procedures using evidence-based algorithms.

Increased physical activity after ICD implantation lowers the risk of death, hospitalization

Participation in cardiac rehabilitation programs remains low, the authors wrote, but this study showed that it can make a significant impact on patient outcomes.

AI biopsy dilemma: Wolf or husky, equity or bias?

Early on in the development of digital image recognition, the technology showed a penchant for taking logical but potentially problematic shortcuts: It would look to image artifacts and incidental “asides” such as background features to distinguish between two visually similar subjects.

AI casts wide net to predict functional decline in the elderly

Psychology researchers have used machine learning to wring useful two-year dementia trajectory predictions from more than 500 potentially contributing risk factors.

Colonoscopy AI passed meaningful milestones but has miles to go before it sweeps

Before colonoscopy AI can progress from lab to clinic on a broad scale—and win regulatory approvals along the way—it has to show its diagnostic mettle in numerous large clinical trials conducted at multiple facilities.

Bereavement better understood, treated with assist from AI

Various iterations of AI “hold tremendous promise” to help personalize counseling for individuals grieving the loss of a loved one.

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Doctors removed a patient's ovaries without her knowledge or consent, lawsuit claims

FTC, DOJ and HHS release report warning of private equity consolidation in healthcare

AI in the ICU (and elsewhere): Less stress, better conditions, alleviated shortages

Report highlights flaws in FDA rapid approval of Alzheimer drug