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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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POCUS slashes diagnosis times in emergency room

Point-of-care ultrasound of the lungs could expedite the diagnostic process in busy EDs, allowing providers to quickly initiate treatment for patients presenting with respiratory symptoms. 

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A super alternative: BATMAN helps cardiologists limit complications during TMVR

The BATMAN technique is a safe, effective way to prevent LVOT obstruction during high-risk transcatheter mitral valve replacement, according to new data presented at SCAI 2025.

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‘A defining moment’: How cardiologists can get the most out of CT-guided PCI

SCAI and SCCT have collaborated on a new document designed to get more interventional cardiologists to embrace CT-guided PCI going forward. 

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Lantheus to seek approval for new Alzheimer’s PET imaging agent in Q3

The declaration comes with the North Billerica, Massachusetts-based drugmaker announcing positive results from two “pivotal” studies of MK-6240. 

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Healthcare AI newswatch: Devices of unknown generalizability, promises of uncertain keepability, more

Overpromising AI capabilities to hospital stakeholders—now there’s a mistake healthcare AI enthusiasts have been known to make.

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Patient portal messages can train AI to support personalized care in endocrinology (and beyond)

For the study, researchers had five diabetes specialists judge precision AI tools developed from a large, longitudinal dataset of patients’ individually expressed needs. 

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Phoenix-based addiction treatment facility operated out of motel with no running water

Local investigative reporters have uncovered details on a scheme in which patients housed at a seedy motel received treatment for drug abuse as part of a massive Medicare fraud operation. 

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FDA approves new AI-enabled wearable cardioverter defibrillator

The newly approved device can be worn for up to a week at a time, with no daily maintenance required, and includes advanced AI algorithms that minimize the risk of false alarms or inappropriate shocks.