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.

Same-day discharge safe, feasible for patients undergoing transarterial chemoembolization procedures
New research published in Clinical Imaging shows that patients undergoing TACE can forego dayslong hospital stays without no negative consequences.
‘Innovative’ pay model eliminates cost uncertainty for breast and lung cancer screening patients
Experts have proposed “episode-based cost sharing” to address financial toxicity for healthcare consumers, according to new research published in JACR.
Same-day discharge after cardiac ablation: Cardiologists share recommendations
Same-day discharge won't always be a great fit after cardiac ablation, of course, but it has been associated with considerable patient satisfaction as well as improved efficiency and substantial cost savings. The Heart Rhythm Society and American College of Cardiology have shared a new scientific statement on the subject.
‘Considerable’ rates of lung cancer found among individuals with no known risk factors
Researchers in China analyzed data from the general population, finding similar detection rates for the disease among high-risk individuals and others.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy offers years of relief from radiation therapy-induced side effects
For some patients, these side effects can last for years, negatively impacting their day-to-day lives.

Deep learning shows promise for cutting overutilization of lumbar imaging, surgery

Low-back imaging and interventions are often named among healthcare’s iffiest expenses due to the hit-or-miss predictability of the outcomes.

Top 20 states for healthcare access

Hawaii is the state with the best overall access to healthcare, achieving high scores for percentages of residents with a personal physician and children with a medical home while minimizing unmet needs for mental healthcare and doctor avoidance due to cost.

Medical scribes can reduce burnout among cardiologists—and they practically pay for themselves

Medical scribes can save cardiologists a lot of time, and seeing just one additional patient a day would cover the additional costs.

Cardiologist-led AI startup launches, secures $15M in funding

The company, Abridge, aims to help patients gain a better understanding of their own healthcare.

AI primed to play crucial role in the war on opioid addiction

Three machine learning algorithms have identified patients likely to suffer extreme pain following surgery with about 80% accuracy each.

AI appears headed for the endoscopy suite

Nearly 90% of U.S. gastroenterologists are open to using AI for help performing high quality colonoscopies. And of these, 85% believe that computer-assisted polyp detection (CADe) stands to improve their endoscopic performance.

Cyberattack remediation winding down at sprawling health system

More than a week after protectively disconnecting all online systems in the U.S. following a Sept. 27 cyberattack, a multistate, two-nation health system is coming back online.

To nobody’s gain, psychiatric patients are getting ‘stuck’ in inpatient beds

Along with the unprecedented challenges COVID-19 has brought to U.S. hospitals in 2020 are some older sore spots that the pandemic has only inflamed.

Patient Care

Same-day discharge safe, feasible for patients undergoing transarterial chemoembolization procedures

‘Innovative’ pay model eliminates cost uncertainty for breast and lung cancer screening patients

Same-day discharge after cardiac ablation: Cardiologists share recommendations

‘Considerable’ rates of lung cancer found among individuals with no known risk factors

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy offers years of relief from radiation therapy-induced side effects