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.

Nurse suing hospital for failing to head off vicious attack by patient
A hospital and its security contractor are facing legal trouble over a brutal beating taken by a unit nurse at the hands of a mentally ill inpatient a year ago.
First ACC/AHA acute pulmonary embolism guidelines include new categories for risk stratification
The new guidance, the first of its kind, focuses on the importance of making a prompt diagnosis and providing care as quickly as possible. While some PE patients with mild cases can be discharged early, others may require an immediate catheter-based intervention or surgery.
Paramedics, flight nurses become experts in trauma care by hands-on experience, not long careers per se
EMS colleagues with many years on the job but not much direct trauma exposure set the stage for suboptimal patient outcomes.
PAD patients could be missing out on recommended care following major lower extremity amputations
Patients undergoing the procedures due to infection, chronic limb-threatening ischemia and other serious complications may not be receiving the follow-up care their need.
‘Broad disconnect’ between patient desires, actual imaging experience, new data show
Researchers with Cincinnati Children's recently surveyed 400 caregivers about pricing transparency, offering some key takeaways for radiology leaders.

CVS Health updates rewards program

CVS Health has updated its ExtraCare Rewards loyalty program for the first time in 20 years.

4 ways machine learning is fixing to finetune clinical nutrition

Clinical nutritionists won’t be left out of the medical AI revolution, as researchers are exploring use cases for augmented diet optimization, food image recognition, risk prediction and diet pattern analysis.

The top 10 hospitals for pediatric cardiology

Did your hospital make the list?

AMA pushes for equity in telehealth

In an effort to bridge divides in access to telehealth services, the American Medical Association has approved a new policy aimed at helping underserved communities and populations.

Combining AI with cardiac imaging helps predict heart attacks, cardiovascular deaths

The findings were presented virtually during the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2021 Annual Meeting.

Surgery still more common than TMVR among AMI patients, but the gap is shrinking

The study's authors emphasized how important it is for clinicians to work together to determine the best treatment strategy.

31M Americans are covered under Obamacare

A record 31 million are covered under health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, the White House announced in a report.

Explainable AI helps solve tough cardiology cases, suggesting clinical adaptability by other specialties

Sifting the literature for real-world challenges thwarting adoption of clinical AI across medicine, a team of biomedical engineers and computer scientists has identified and fleshed out an exemplary use case.

Patient Care

Nurse suing hospital for failing to head off vicious attack by patient

First ACC/AHA acute pulmonary embolism guidelines include new categories for risk stratification

Paramedics, flight nurses become experts in trauma care by hands-on experience, not long careers per se

PAD patients could be missing out on recommended care following major lower extremity amputations

‘Broad disconnect’ between patient desires, actual imaging experience, new data show