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.

Walgreens expands partnership with VillageMD

Walgreens Boots Alliance is opening 29 primary care practices with VillageMD in Texas under the Village Medical brand. 

 

Beloved cardiologist David Chomsky dies at 86

David's older brother, Noam Chomsky, reflected on their childhood together in a statement to the press. 

AI bests expert surgeons at flagging likely complications in upcoming operations

The deep learning models had nothing more to go on than routine abdominal CT scans acquired preoperatively.

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TAVR still comparable to surgery after 8 years

When it comes to the risk of structural valve deterioration, however, one treatment option clearly outperforms the other. 

Multigenerational health histories strong medicine for preventive health

Broadening clinician access to the health histories of patients’ parents and grandparents would help ward off or better treat numerous chronic illnesses common to middle-aged adults in the U.S.

1 specialty the exception as telehealth continues to tumble

Going by private health-insurance data, national telehealth utilization dropped 12.5% this spring, slipping from 5.6% of claims in March to 4.9% in April.

Telehealth demand starts to soften

As healthcare offices closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth surged. Now that states are reopening, the tide is starting to ebb, according to a recent report from Trilliant.

Cancer patients benefited under universal healthcare

The U.S. military’s universal healthcare system has proved to be a big benefit for one group of patients, according to a new study.