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.

UnitedHealth Group acquires online medications provider

Amazon-owned PillPack and other players face a new online pharmacy competitor with UnitedHealth’s acquisition of startup company divvyDOSE. 

5 ways to help keep patients safe this fall as the pandemic continues

The new guidelines come straight from the American College of Cardiology. 

Thumbnail

Radiology practice paying $500K after allegedly delivering contrast imaging without doc supervision

Advanced Imaging of Port Charlotte also billed Medicare for services performed by doctors who lacked the proper credentials, the DOJ announced.

Thumbnail

Happy World Heart Day! Industry leaders use holiday to emphasize the importance of cardiovascular health

The World Heart Federation, American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association all announced how they are celebrating the big day. 

Thumbnail

FDA clears AI lung diagnostics

A supplier of healthcare software in the respiratory care space has received the FDA’s blessing to market deep learning elements newly added to an existing product.

AI pioneer wins $1M prize for work in breast imaging, drug discovery

The work of Regina Barzilay, PhD, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT, has focused on breast imaging, the development of new antibiotics and much more. 

Online database of FDA-approved AI debuts

A small but mighty research outfit based in Hungary has compiled a user-friendly database of medical technologies anchored in AI and approved by the FDA.

Doctor at computer station

Novant Health Brings Cardiology into Agfa HealthCare's Enterprise Imaging

Sponsored by AGFA HealthCare

As recently as eight months ago, cardiologists sitting down to work with medical images at Novant Health had plenty of choices on where and how to go about that part of their jobs.