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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Interventional radiologists launch 1 of nation’s 1st tumor boards dedicated to cancer pain

Alan Alper Sag, MD, a nationally recognized expert in both bone and nerve interventions with the University of Miami, is captaining the new initiative. 
 

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Deep learning automates head CT reformatting, bolstering workflow efficiencies

Manual processes for generating reformats are susceptible to variability, due to factors such as patient positioning, comfort and individual technologist preferences. 

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Hospital sued after employees post ‘horrible’ photos of patients on Snapchat

Jay Hospital confirmed the four employees involved have been terminated. However, the content of the images—said to show patients sleeping or medicated—remains unknown. The plaintiffs in the two lawsuits declined to sign nondisclosure settlements.

ACC urges Congress to restore telemedicine flexibilities

The American College of Cardiology, like many other U.S. medical societies, is fighting to bring back telehealth policies that expired at the end of September.

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Three scientists share Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering how the immune system is regulated

Mary E. Brunkow, PhD; Fred Ramsdell, PhD; and Shimon Sakaguchi, PhD, MD, will share the 2025 prize for research that has led to new treatments for autoimmune disease and cancer. 

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Healthcare market research firm Press Ganey scooped up in $6.75B AI merger

Qualtrics, which uses artificial intelligence to measure public satisfaction and consumer trends, is buying Press Ganey outright, citing the need for more healthcare-specific data to improve its technology. 

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The best children’s heart hospitals in the US

The annual list is based on resources, services provided, outcomes data and survey responses from thousands of physicians. Did your facility make the cut?

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AI algorithm effectively repurposes CT scans to screen for 2 key chronic diseases

Experts are hopeful that routine CT scans could serve the dual purpose of screening patients for both osteoporosis and heart disease.