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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Nighttime IR 'float' call coverage improves productivity and patient care

Known to increase fatigue and impact performance, traditional call models for nighttime IR coverage contribute to burnout and gaps in patient care. 

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Certain knee injections may cause osteoarthritis to progress more rapidly, new MRI data suggest

These new findings may lead to more “judicious use” of corticosteroids in pain management.  

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FDA issues Class I alert on emergency use esophagogastric tubes

A serious issue with esophagogastric balloon tamponade tubes manufactured by BD could cause the devices to break, potentially delaying care for bleeding patients. Clinicians are advised to review and follow updated use instructions.

Over a dozen lawsuits claim Ozempic and Wegovy caused patients to go blind

The lawsuits, filed in multiple states, contend there's a causal link between semaglutide and a rare condition called NAION that leads to diminished eyesight. Plaintiffs want the popular weight-loss drugs to add a warning label.

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CMS outlines policy shifts for ACO REACH model to align with MAHA

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is updating the ACO REACH program—which supports providers caring for rural and low-income populations—to promote patient health as a strategy to reduce costs.

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MSK team achieves 0% sedation rate for pediatric MRI

Almost 2,000 children underwent musculoskeletal MRI over an eight-year stretch at the Hospital for Special Surgery, and not a single one of them needed sedation to get through the exam.

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AI newswatch: OpenAI goes to the UAE, patients get cyberchondria, more

Like remoras hitching a ride on a shark, private businesses are capitalizing on President Trump’s AI-aggressive trip to the Middle East. 

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4 digital-health skillsets today’s medical educators should give tomorrow’s medical doctors

Due to the ceaseless rush of technological advancements into medicine, many future physicians graduate medical school underprepared for the digital healthcare environment.