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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New perks coming to Medicare Advantage leave questions unanswered

As Medicare Advantage providers start to consider the new supplemental benefits granted by CMS for 2019, plans could start to see new perks for enrollees, The New York Times reported.

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2 more doctors indicted in $950M kickback scheme

Two more doctors have been indicted in an ongoing federal investigation into a kickback scheme that approached $1 billion in California.

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Intervention program with mobile app cuts 2nd suicide attempts by 48%

An inpatient suicide intervention program, coupled with a personalized app that offers recovery strategies for distressed patients, reduced the rate of attempted suicides by almost half, according to a new study in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

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CMS to add CHIO role in continued emphasis of health IT

In a push to improve health IT, CMS has doubled down on its efforts to support secure data sharing and emerging technologies by creating a new chief informatics officer role.

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New general practice app from NHS will make appointments, order prescriptions

A new healthcare application tailored specifically for National Health Service (NHS) patients in the United Kingdom will provide safe, secure access to general practice (GP) records. The free application will be available to everyone in the U.K. in December.

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CMS adds CHIO role, ‘doubles down’ on health IT

In a push to improve health IT, CMS has doubled down on its efforts to support secure data sharing and emerging technologies by creating a new chief informatics officer role.

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Internal medicine residents can better assess patient needs with in-home visits

New research from the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) suggests internal medicine residents who visited patient in their homes after hospital visits can better assess needs. The visits also helped them understand the role community services and agencies play in avoiding readmissions.

Pig undergoes 'tele-stenting' procedure with doc 100 miles away

“Tele-stenting” appears more possible now than ever, as Vascular Robotics announced an interventional cardiologist used its CorPath GRX System to perform a remote percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in a pig 100 miles away.