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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The best and worst states for healthcare in 2022

The average American spends more than $12,500 per year on personal healthcare, but what are Americans getting in return for those investments? 

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For prostate cancer diagnostics, 7T MRI has next to nothing on ultrasound tomography

In an initial comparison study involving 10 patients with high-risk prostate cancer, ultrasound tomography (UT) soundly beat 7-Tesla multiparametric MRI on detection sensitivity, 85.7% to 65.3%.

Family-med POCUS is growing strong, but problems aren’t solving themselves

Close to 90% of family-medicine departments at U.S. medical schools employ one or more faculty members trained in point-of-care ultrasound, including 7% that are presently training at least one (or one more).

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Federal agencies reinforce contraceptive coverage guidance

“Under the ACA, you have the right to free birth control — no matter what state you live in," HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said.

 

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Cleveland Clinic offering Saturday appointments dedicated to contraceptive care

“Reproductive healthcare decisions are best made between a patient and their healthcare provider. It is critical that women and men have immediate access to contraception," says Tristi Muir, MD, chair of the Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health Institute at Cleveland Clinic.

$30K up for grabs in new AI challenge from RSNA

Americans suffer more than 1 million fractured vertebrae every year. RSNA’s latest AI competition may help advance precision detection and classification of this unfortunately common source of pain and potential debilitation.

Noteworthy FDA approvals of the week: Ceiling-mounted CT angiography, AI for brain-adjacent bleeds

Two companies serving medical imagers just had products cleared for marketing in the U.S.

Cardiologist sentenced to prison, fined $25K for illegally distributing Oxycodone

The 60-year-old cardiologist was facing up to 20 years in prison for his actions.