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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.

American Heart Association program leads to substantial improvements in stroke care
Cardiologist Gregg Fonarow, MD, reviewed decades of data and discussed the long-term impact of the AHA's Get With The Guidelines-Stroke program.
Healthcare AI newswatch: Apple’s AI Doctor, AI’s expectant medical specialties, AI-watching teens, more
Apple’s AI Doctor had better be one good virtual physician.
5 ways AI can help a hospital’s discharge department
Among the myriad processes to which AI could be meaningfully applied in healthcare, perhaps few are more easily overlooked than discharging patients from the hospital.
FDA announces new recall of Medtronic surgical devices over safety concerns
The agency warned that any unused devices should be removed from the market and returned to the manufacturer.
‘A practice-changing trial’: Semaglutide linked to key benefits for PAD patients with diabetes
Patients who present with type 2 diabetes and PAD often face substantial mobility issues. According to new data presented at ACC.25, however, treatment with semaglutide could represent a major step forward for this high-risk population.

Medtronic gains FDA approval for AI models focused on cardiac monitoring

The advanced algorithms address two areas known for causing false ICM alerts: atrial fibrillation and asystole.

AI separates EHR wheat from weeds so clinicians can get on with patient care

When assisted by an AI tool designed to organize and display digitized patient referral records, gastroenterologists cut their time to answer relevant clinical questions by 2.3 minutes.

Radiologists want ‘immediate’ action to ensure AI is safe, effective in younger patients

Doctors specifically called on Congress and the Food and Drug Administration to improve existing regulatory frameworks and incentivize more stringent testing in this underserved population.

Want a more accurate AI model for predicting CVD? Feed it social data

Researchers stressed that clinicians have an opportunity to improve their machine learning models by providing data on specific social and environmental factors.

The top US hospitals for cardiology and heart surgery

Cleveland Clinic retained its spot as the top hospital in the country for cardiology and heart surgery. Did your facility make the list?

Lonely older adults take more high-risk medications

Being lonely has some correlation to higher use in riskier medications among older adults, according to a new study.

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.

Patient Care

American Heart Association program leads to substantial improvements in stroke care

Healthcare AI newswatch: Apple’s AI Doctor, AI’s expectant medical specialties, AI-watching teens, more

5 ways AI can help a hospital’s discharge department

FDA announces new recall of Medtronic surgical devices over safety concerns

‘A practice-changing trial’: Semaglutide linked to key benefits for PAD patients with diabetes