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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Harvard, Brigham and Women’s press for 31 retractions of cardiac stem cell research

Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital are recommending 31 papers authored by a former lab director be retracted from medical journals, STAT reported this week.

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Medicare Advantage plans improperly denying claims

Medicare Advantage plans—which cover about one-third of all Medicare beneficiaries—are improperly denying medical claims to patients and physicians, according to The New York Times.

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Americans want doctors to talk about more than sickness

Many Americans want a different relationship with their doctors that goes beyond treating sickness, according to a recent survey from Samueli Integrative Health Programs.

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FibriCheck heart monitoring app earns FDA approval

The FDA granted market clearance to Belgian company Qompium for its FibriCheck phone app, which is expected to launch in the United States market in 2019.

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Enrollees fear Medicare won’t be around for their children

The Medicare beneficiaries of today don’t believe the program will be around for the beneficiaries of tomorrow.

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Report analyzes how providers use clinical decision support systems

A majority of healthcare providers use clinical decision support (CDS) systems to help them make care decisions for patients, according to a report by Reaction Data.

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Mental health patients like having access to EMRs, clinical notes

Patients with mental health conditions had positive perceptions about electronic medical records (EMRs) and physician clinical notes after being given full access to their records, according to a study published in the Annals of Family Medicine.

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4 ways to regulate safety, effectiveness of mobile apps

In a viewpoint article recently published in JAMA, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School physicians David W. Bates, MD, Adam Landman, MD, and David M. Levine, MD, argue the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should develop regulatory policies that ensure the safety and effectiveness of mobile apps.