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.

FDA issues Class I recall on insulin syringes due to risk of death
A line of syringes manufactured by Cardinal Health may fail to properly inject insulin when used with needleless IV connectors.
Q&A: Pioneer heart surgeon on the development and long-term potential of robotic aortic valve replacement
It's early for RAVR, but the minimally invasive technique has already started gaining momentum as an alternative to both SAVR and TAVR. We spoke to Vinay Badhwar, MD, one of the world’s leading voices in robotic heart surgery, to learn more.
Man awarded $412M malpractice judgment—the largest in history
The man, Michael, was left with permanent damage to his penis after he was upsold injections by a physician assistant at NuMale Medical Center. A jury found the defendants acted negligently and committed fraud.
Anesthesiologist gets 190 years for injecting drugs into IV bags
The IV bags caused multiple patients to experience severe cardiac distress. The judge who sentenced former doctor Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr. said his actions were “tantamount to attempted murder."
Heart surgeons perform world’s first combined robotic AVR and CABG
The entire robotic procedure was performed through one small incision. Surgeons originally recommended the 73-year-old patient undergo open-heart surgery, but she requested a less invasive alternative.

Surgeon removes pig kidney from cold storage ahead of transplant

Human patient receives first-ever pig kidney transplant

“Applause broke out in the OR. It was quite an amazing experience,” recalls Winfred Williams, MD, associate professor of medicine at MGH and Slayman’s nephrologist, referring to the moment the kidney “immediately pinked up” during implantation.

March 22, 2024

Radiologists are not a monolith: AI impacts members of the specialty differently

“Surprisingly,” experts wrote in Nature Medicine, experience-based factors such as a physicians’ subspecialty or previous AI use failed to reliably predict the technology's impact.

March 22, 2024

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

March 22, 2024

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AI alone won’t save lives or improve health: Kaiser Permanente AI exec

Imperfect algorithms. Resistant clinicians. Wary patients. Divisive disparities. The plot ingredients of a flashy techno-thriller coming to a cineplex near you? No—just a few of the many worries that provider organizations take on when they move to adopt AI at scale.

March 22, 2024

Expert calls for education, research to spur adoption of intravascular ultrasound

Eric Secemsky, MD, from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, says a lack of hands-on training and reimbursement challenges are hindering the adoption of IVUS.

March 21, 2024