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.

Tumor eradication in mice prompts trials for human cancer vaccine
Researchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine say mRNA technology could "educate" the immune system to identify and attack cancer anywhere in the body. A promising proof-of-concept study using mice was published in Nature Biomedical Engineering.
DOJ accuses doctor of illegally prescribing opiates in exchange for sex
Ritesh Kalra, MD, allegedly wrote 31,000 opioid prescriptions between 2019 and 2025, many of which were illegitimate. He is accused of inappropriately touching patients in exchange for oxycodone scripts as part of a five-count criminal indictment.
Assembly issue spurs FDA recall on manual resuscitators
A problem with the B/V filters on SunMed adult resuscitators can cause the devices to malfunction. Due to the high safety risk this poses to patients, the FDA has assigned this recall its most serious designation.
Healthcare AI today: Pittsburgh’s bonanza, Bay area’s superstars, Dr. Google’s followers, more
The numbers from Pittsburgh are staggering. And they’re all about blasting American-made AI into the stratosphere, if not to Infinity and beyond.
FDA recalls real-time glucose monitors after 56 injuries
Receivers on active glucose monitors manufactured by Dexcom are reportedly failing to send alerts when a patient’s blood sugar levels are dangerously high or low. There have been no deaths linked to the malfunction.

COVID up first as social data science gets a new center with an assist from Facebook

The emerging academic discipline of social data science, which leverages Big Data to integrate social science with computer science, has a new base of operations in the Mid-Atlantic region.

AI identifies suicidal individuals using basic health data

Researchers have demonstrated the use of machine learning to predict suicides in a general population, achieving good accuracy by including data from routine health checkups.

Pediatric cardiologists detail experience treating early MIS-C patient

The 14-year-old patient presented with a four-day history of multiple symptoms—and that was just the beginning.

Successful drug-shopping company developing telehealth markets, planning $100M IPO

A popular and fast-growing consumer healthcare company rooted in technology intends to go public with an initial offering of $100 million in shares.

Google bringing AI, augmented reality to military cancer detection

The Defense Innovation Unit has tapped Google Cloud to prototype a pathology microscope equipped with both augmented reality and AI.

New prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine jumped 6,500% during pandemic, CDC reports

The CDC emphasized that federal guidelines now recommend against using the two drugs for treating or preventing COVID-19.

AI nabs risky abnormalities in the maternity ward

Machine learning can help post-childbirth mothers guard against problems with subsequent pregnancies, potentially saving their lives and those of their future babies.

Burnout in cardiology: Most pediatric heart nurses feel exhausted, with 30% eyeing a career change

Nurses are unhappy with their working conditions, which leads to stress and exhaustion.

Patient Care

Tumor eradication in mice prompts trials for human cancer vaccine

DOJ accuses doctor of illegally prescribing opiates in exchange for sex

Assembly issue spurs FDA recall on manual resuscitators

Healthcare AI today: Pittsburgh’s bonanza, Bay area’s superstars, Dr. Google’s followers, more

FDA recalls real-time glucose monitors after 56 injuries