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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Report: DOGE to cut federal HIV prevention program

Elon Musk's recommended cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may effectively end a program designed to monitor and prevent the spread of HIV, sources familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal.

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FDA announces recall of Medtronic interventional radiology devices after 17 injuries, 4 deaths

One product is being pulled from the market, and the other is receiving updated instructions for use.

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Prostate cancer radiotherapy timeline can be safely shortened

Isodose moderately hypofractionated radiotherapy allows patients to undergo just 4-5 weeks of treatment, compared to conventional therapy that can take around 8. 

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Annual lung cancer screening adherence drops after initial exam, underlining need for intervention

“Focusing on programmatic resources in the first follow-up period may provide a significant return on investment," experts write in JAMA Network Open

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Healthcare AI newswatch: Payer AI regulation please, pharmacy AI, nurses v. AI redux

Unionized nurses: ‘AI overrides our expertise and degrades the quality of care.’ 

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Will AI help or hurt the cause of healthcare equality?

AI has a long way to go before it meaningfully closes disparities in healthcare access and delivery. In fact, even when aimed at that goal, the technology can backfire. 

MRI accident involving wheelchair prompts manufacturer to issue safety warning.

MRI accident has prompted the company that installed the scanner to issue a safety warning

The incident cost the clinic tens of thousands of dollars in repairs.

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Private equity buyouts increase physician turnover by 265%, study finds

A study by researchers at Brown University and Duke University analyzed the employment records of 200 practices acquired by private equity firms and compared them with unacquired practices to develop some observations.