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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Palliative care plays an essential role in heart failure care

New HFSA recommendations highlight the importance of integrating palliative care into the day-to-day care of heart failure patients.

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Abortion-access nonprofit sued for wrongful death after alleged dosing incident

A woman in Texas alleges a U.S. Marine slipped abortion pills into her hot chocolate, resulting in the death of her fetus. She is suing the man, along with Aid Access—a nonprofit that provides nationwide access to abortion pills via telehealth.

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FDA recalls breathing system filters after multiple injuries

Multiple lots of Draeger SafeStar and TwinStar filters—which are typically used during mechanical ventilation—are being removed from where they’re used and sold due to erroneous carbon dioxide readings.

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Interventional procedure offers patients a year or more of pain relief from osteoarthritis

The procedure reduces inflammation and pain, and allows patients to achieve relief without having to undergo surgery and months of physical therapy during recovery. 

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Pericarditis: New guidance takes on the diagnosis and management of a challenging heart condition

Pericarditis, inflammation of the pericardium, accounts for approximately 5% of all emergency department evaluations for chest pain. These new recommendations are designed to help guide clinicians through the ins and outs of patient care. 

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Healthcare AI today: Bad health advice, ChatGPT 5 ‘highly reliable’ for healthcare, Colorado punts, more

Accepting medical guidance from a large language model landed a 60-year-old man in the emergency room. 

Prostate MRI is significantly underutilized in racial minority groups

A large study is shining a light on problematic racial disparities with respect to imaging utilization in men with suspected prostate cancer. 

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AI-aided marketing is driving medical tourism upward, onward

From boutique clinics in Mexico to medical spas in Europe to top-tier academic medical centers in the U.S., healthcare organizations courting medical tourists are enjoying boom times.