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 should avoid biases as machine learning grows

As machine learning in dermatology begins to take off, researchers should remember to include all skin types when developing algorithms for identifying skin cancer, according to an Aug. 1 viewpoint published in JAMA.

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Detroit hospital system to pay $85M in improper payment case

William Beaumont Hospital, a Detroit-area hospital system, will pay $84.5 million to settle allegations of violating the Anti-Kickback Statute for improper relationships with eight referring physicians.

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App flags environmental triggers to help avoid opioid relapse

Overcoming addiction is a full-time, around-the-clock endeavor. The triggers for relapse could come from anywhere—whether that be running into an old friend, facing unexpected emotional difficulties or ending up in locations tied to drug use.

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Poor communication between doctors, nurses puts patients at risk

Care mistakes in the hospital often happen due to communication breakdowns between nurses and doctors, according to a recent study from University of Michigan researchers.

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Handheld scanner can help diagnose TBI, risk of stroke in minutes

A new technology hopes to break the geographical barriers keeping patients from diagnostic CT scans. The imaging units are hardly mobile, so one scientist is hoping to put similar tools into people’s hands.

Elderly patients vulnerable to ‘post-hospital syndrome’

In a recent article, The New York Times dove into the topic of “post-hospital syndrome”—a term Yale University cardiologist Harlan Krumholz, MD, coined in 2013 to describe the period of vulnerability following a hospital discharge.

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NYT: Post-hospital syndrome leads to high readmission rates

The aftereffects of a hospitalization can leave many patients in a vulnerable state known as “post-hospital syndrome” that increases the likelihood of a readmission, The New York Times reported.

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‘Superman’-like expectations contribute to physician burnout, suicide

“Unless we as a profession have a dialogue about burnout more broadly, all the things we do in training will have a limited impact,” Tait Shanafelt, MD, chief wellness officer at Stanford Medicine, told Kaiser Health News.