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.

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Journo leaders in the UK warn on old regulations for new healthcare AI

The Financial Times of London is calling for caution—along with standardized and modernized regulation—around AI in healthcare.

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AI wearables will only live up to the hype if patients like the tech

AI in healthcare and wearables are buzzy words in the sector, but not all patients are on board with injecting biometric monitoring devices (BMDs) into their daily lives. And that non-acceptance could prove problematic for the future of these devices and other AI-based tools, according to a recent study from French researchers with Université Paris Descartes.

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TCT, VEITHsymposium partner to strengthen conference material

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation is partnering with VEITHsymposium, one of the largest annual meetings in vascular medicine, to enhance conference material at both VEITHsymposium and the CRF’s yearly Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference, the groups announced June 20.

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Algorithm unmasks bugs bearing diseases

Health officials south of the border may soon be able to fight a nasty disease using just their smartphones and an AI tool for reverse image searches.

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Civica Rx partners with Vizient to address drug shortages

A not-for-profit drug company startup founded by health foundations and providers, Civica Rx, has teamed up with analytics and advisory company Vizient to address drug shortages.

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Jane Freedman named new editor of Circulation Research

Massachusetts-based researcher Jane E. Freedman, MD, was named this week as the new editor of Circulation Research, one of the American Heart Association’s 12 scientific journals.

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Ambitious academic AI institution opens in Paris

A European university with deep historic roots is now home to an AI research center whose areas of concentration include healthcare.

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The best hospitals for pediatric cardiology and heart surgery in the US

The U.S. News and World Report on June 18 released its 2019-2020 rankings for the country’s best children’s hospitals, topped by Boston Children’s Hospital for overall best care and Texas Children’s Hospital for the best cardiac care.