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 Delivery, Digital Transformation, Precision Medicine, Remote Monitoring and Telehealth.

Industry Watcher’s Digest
Who is Sriram Krishnan, and why is he headed to the White House?
Q&A: Proposed changes to Social Security Act would recognize pharmacists as healthcare providers
Pharmacist Jason Ausili discusses the expanding role of pharmacies as one-stop-shop patient care centers for every community.
10 signs AI is ‘eating the world (of venture capital)’
Some investment analysts are predicting a more permissive M&A market, deregulation as a catalyst for growth and fiscal policies that stimulate economic activity. And they see AI as a catalyst in the shift.
‘Fundamental for all patients’: Exploring the benefits of palliative care for stroke survivors
Approximately 800,000 strokes occur each year in the United States alone. A majority of people survive, due in part to key advances in patient care over the years, but they often go forward without receiving the long-term help they need to recover and thrive.
FDA issues alert on PCNL sheath safety after patient death
Trokamed sent a letter to customers warning them to never use its Mini PCNL Sheaths for suction and irrigation, due to a risk of kidney rupture.

Measles is on the march from airports to places near us

The U.S. eradicated measles in 2000. Today it’s making a comeback. What explains the unhappy revival?

April 15, 2024

Recent Rite Aid store closings exceed 200

Right Aid is turning out the lights in 53 more stores across nine states.

April 15, 2024

Woman sues medical center after falling from CT scanner during a stroke

Monica Lynch is suing MidState Medical Center in Connecticut Superior Court, claiming the fall resulted in a lack of stroke interventions and further injuries.

April 12, 2024

AI able to assess invasiveness of lung lesions to aid in surgery

In a study, the most accurate model combined deep-learning with a radionomics approach.

April 11, 2024

artificial intelligence AI for talk therapy

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

April 11, 2024

Submitted for consideration by all healthcare AI stakeholders: 10 principles, 6 commitments, 1 direction

Key collaborators across the healthcare AI life cycle now have a common set of principles to which they can hold each other. And that means everyone from developers and researchers to providers, regulators and even patients.

April 11, 2024

doctor examines patient data on their tablet

TAVR, SAVR both linked to low reintervention rates after five years

While most TAVR-related reinterventions occurred in the first year after treatment, most SAVR-related reinterventions occurred in years two through five. The team's full analysis is available in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.

April 10, 2024

Radiology Imaging Associates adopts AbbaDox at its 17 locations

The chain of imaging centers produces 600,000 patient scans each year in Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

April 10, 2024

Patient Care

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Q&A: Proposed changes to Social Security Act would recognize pharmacists as healthcare providers

10 signs AI is ‘eating the world (of venture capital)’

‘Fundamental for all patients’: Exploring the benefits of palliative care for stroke survivors

FDA issues alert on PCNL sheath safety after patient death