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 Delivery, Digital Transformation, Precision Medicine, Remote Monitoring and Telehealth.

AI newswatch: OpenAI goes to the UAE, patients get cyberchondria, more
Like remoras hitching a ride on a shark, private businesses are capitalizing on President Trump’s AI-aggressive trip to the Middle East.
4 digital-health skillsets today’s medical educators should give tomorrow’s medical doctors
Due to the ceaseless rush of technological advancements into medicine, many future physicians graduate medical school underprepared for the digital healthcare environment.
New teleradiology solution promises to streamline enterprise imaging operations
Konica Minolta and NewVue announced their collaboration on cloud-based Exa Teleradiology earlier this week.
Report: UnitedHealth rewarded nursing homes for delaying hospital transfers
Citing evidence from documents and interviews, the Guardian released an exposé accusing UnitedHealth of directly influencing the day-to-day operations of some 2,000 nursing homes, resulting in patients not receiving necessary emergency care.
Ransom demanded, emergency care diverted as Kettering Health reels from cyberattack
The Ohio-based nonprofit health system did not confirm patient data was exposed and taken by hackers. However, a media report confirmed it has received a ransom notice credited to the Interlock cybercrime cell.

Mayo Clinic, Kaiser among health giants investing $110M into home care company

Baxter International, Global Medical Response and Cardinal Health also contributed capital to Boston-based Medically Home.

Large hospital system’s ‘uncommon’ acquisition moves bolster patient outcomes, experience

Hospital consolidations have more than doubled since 2009 and most evidence suggests patients suffer as a result, NYU experts explained in JAMA Network Open.

Many cardiac surgery patients do not need opioids when they leave the hospital

The study's authors hope that “just in case” prescriptions can become a thing of the past.

TAVR and surgery tied to similar 5-year outcomes

Researchers examined data from four different randomized control trials.

Hackers break into Florida healthcare giant’s network, gaining access to data on 1.3 million people

Approximately 473 of the breach victims live in Maine, according to a document recently submitted to the Office of the Maine Attorney General.

Centene clears regulatory requirements for $2.2B acquisition of Magellan Health

The deal is expected to be finalized in the coming days, the pair announced recently.

Weight loss surgery associated with better COVID-19 outcomes

The findings suggest that obesity may be a modifiable risk factor for the severity of COVID-19 infection, experts detailed in JAMA Surgery.

As healthcare leaders look ahead to 2022, preparation and planning are the keys to success

We need to make the future instead of waiting for it to happen.

Patient Care

AI newswatch: OpenAI goes to the UAE, patients get cyberchondria, more

4 digital-health skillsets today’s medical educators should give tomorrow’s medical doctors

New teleradiology solution promises to streamline enterprise imaging operations

Report: UnitedHealth rewarded nursing homes for delaying hospital transfers

Ransom demanded, emergency care diverted as Kettering Health reels from cyberattack