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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FDA announces recall of interventional product that could cause ‘serious injury or death’

Vendor Centerline Biomedical recently initiated the action, removing certain IOPS (Intra-Operative Positioning System) Guidewires, used in vascular procedures, from the market. 

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Healthcare AI today: Dangerous LLMs, self-training AI—and is AI good for what ails healthcare?

If an individual is at all susceptible to mental unwellness, overuse of a talkative LLM could push him or her over the edge. Maybe literally. 

Ivenix infusion kits recalled by FDA due to serious manufacturing defect

Lines included in the kits were misassembled and could result in a botched blood transfusion. Due to the risk of serious injury or death, the recall has been designated as Class I.

FDA recalls pediatric breathing kits after eight serious injuries

Endotracheal tubes inside Medline neonatal intubation kits have been deemed too narrow, putting newborn patients at risk for hypoxia. This recall has been given the most serious FDA designation due to the risk of death.

Janet Wei, MD, Erika J. Glazer Chair in Women’s Cardiovascular Research, Education and Innovation at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Hospital, explains the key differences between men and women in cardiovascular disease presentations and disease progression. She said heart disease its the number one cause of death in women and the guidelines cannot be a one size fits all document lumping men and women together, they really need to separate out specific details for women.

Cardiology societies should develop separate guidelines for treating female heart patients

Janet Wei, MD, examined the key differences between men and women when it comes to cardiovascular disease. These differences, she said, highlight why female patients need their very own treatment guidelines.

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3 points to ponder before tapping AI for mental healthcare

Earlier this year, patients treated by an AI chatbot for some common mental health challenges got better. This was significant because the patients were part of the first randomized and controlled trial for this type of AI intervention. 

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FDA recalls Zyno infusion pumps, citing risk of death

Some infusion systems manufactured by Zyno Medical were released with unapproved software that could cause safety features to malfunction. Use of any device subject to the recall is to cease immediately. 

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Why more doctors should pursue business and leadership training

“Just as medicine has its own language, so does business," two surgeons explained in a new editorial.