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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Researchers developing smartphone app to educate people in India about diabetes

A research team has been awarded a grant to develop a mobile application aimed at raising awareness about diabetes for people in India who are most at risk for developing the disease.

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75K consumer records accessed on ACA exchanges in data breach

The files of approximately 75,000 individuals were accessed during suspicious activity in the Affordable Care Act enrollment system, according to CMS. The agency stated it took immediate steps to secure the system.

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Virtual physical therapy platform reduced costs for patients, as effective as traditional care

An FDA-cleared virtual physical therapy platform is cheaper and just as effective as traditional therapy treatment, according to a recent study.

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Researchers call for halt of $63M cardiac stem cell trial

Cardiologists and researchers alike are calling for the early halt of a national heart stem cell trial after Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital expressed concern earlier this week that some of the work the study is based on might be falsified.

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Sequoia Project to host interoperability forum

The Sequoia Project is planning to host an interoperability forum dedicated to addressing the most pressing challenges regarding information sharing in healthcare.

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Where the nursing shortage will be the worst

California is projected to have the worst nursing shortage in the country by 2030, according to new predictions from RegisteredNursing.org.

Most patients satisfied after video-based telemedicine adopted with ongoing clinical care

Patients tend to like video telehealth visits with their doctors, according to researchers from Kaiser Permanente, who wrote a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine about recent survey results. 

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Apple watches will monitor hip, knee surgery patients

Surgeons will be using an Apple Watch app to help monitor the basic health data of patients who’ve undergone hip or knee replacement surgery, according to a report by Reuters.