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.

Epic, Microsoft lead the AI vendor charge into healthcare: KLAS
Many if not most hospitals and other provider organizations take a decided interest in what their peer institutions are doing with AI. A major motivator for the keen curiosity is gauging how well one is keeping up with the Joneses. So to speak.
Quality of care for heart patients does not improve in first year of ACO participation
Researchers tracked patient outcomes through the use of 15 performance measures related to hypertension, coronary artery disease, heart failure and atrial fibrillation.
Bill that would require providers report extravasations of radioactive drugs is back on the House floor
Patient advocacy groups say the proposal "is common-sense legislation that will protect patients."
Patients eligible for both breast and lung cancer screening are getting mammograms while ditching low-dose CT in droves
This finding underlines the need for interventions to increase LCS awareness and address common barriers such as confusing eligibility criteria.
Early pregnancy blood pressure patterns tied to hypertension risk years later
Researchers show certain blood pressure patterns during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy were more likely to develop into hypertension later in life.

Newsweek ranked the 50 best heart hospitals in the world

Cardiologist demand is on the rise—can hospitals keep up?

Demand for inpatient and outpatient cardiology services is expected to increase significantly in the next decade, putting hospitals and health systems in a position where they need to plan ahead or risk falling behind.

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Working with Medicare Advantage insurance plans is like playing poker in the Wild West. And it’s gotten a lot harder to win since the cowboys started using AI.

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AdvaMed itemizes AI imperatives for ‘the entire healthcare ecosystem’

If you work with healthcare AI, you owe it to patients, families and communities to keep certain principles top of mind in everything you do.

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Cardinal Health scoops up two companies for $3.9B

Cardinal Health is buying Advanced Diabetes Supply Group and a majority stake in GI Alliance, expanding its broad patient services portfolio.

Ultrasound-guided procedure offers promising alternative to opioids for managing pain

Ultrasonography-guided nerve blocks have grown in popularity in recent years, but some are hesitant to adopt the procedure.

Self-expanding vs. balloon-expandable TAVR valves: How they compare after 5 years

SOLVE-TAVI focused on the long-term impact of selecting different second-generation transcatheter heart valves and anesthesia strategies for transfemoral TAVR procedures.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Healthcare payers favor software that helps their companies personalize member experience and engagement.

6 things high-achieving orgs do to wring real value from AI

What makes an organization an AI leader? Demonstrating success in one of two pursuits.

Patient Care

Epic, Microsoft lead the AI vendor charge into healthcare: KLAS

Quality of care for heart patients does not improve in first year of ACO participation

Bill that would require providers report extravasations of radioactive drugs is back on the House floor

Patients eligible for both breast and lung cancer screening are getting mammograms while ditching low-dose CT in droves

Early pregnancy blood pressure patterns tied to hypertension risk years later