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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Cardiovascular Leaders Survey: Priorities of the Cardiovascular Service Line

Sponsored by Philips Healthcare

The CV service line has big goals and is mapping out a route to reach them. Leaders are quite focused but know there are roadblocks and traffic jams in their way.

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Non-US citizens less likely to receive treatment for CV ills

U.S.-born and -naturalized citizens are far more likely than noncitizens to receive treatment for CVD risk factors, researchers reported in Circulation this month.

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Cleveland Clinic cardiologist, 60, dies of flu complications

Longtime Cleveland Clinic cardiologist David Taylor passed away earlier this month from a complication of influenza, News 5 Cleveland reported Feb. 27.

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Just 38% of participants in cardiovascular clinical trials are women

Women—especially those in their early-to-mid-sixties and those with a heart failure diagnosis—continue to be underrepresented in cardiovascular clinical trials, according to a study that found just over 38% of all CV trial enrollees between 2010 and 2017 were female.

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The ‘narrow scope’ of HIPAA: Protecting patients in an age of digital growth

Digital healthcare tools and apps can be more beneficial than risky if they’re used responsibly, according to a perspective published in Circulation on Feb. 24.

Women dramatically underrepresented on cardiology journal editorial boards

An analysis of major cardiology journals in both the U.S. and Europe underlines the stark sex gap in cardiology, revealing that, between 1998 and 2018, there were no women editors-in-chief for U.S. general cardiology journals and only one woman editor-in-chief for a European journal.

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Most burned-out cardiologists don’t—and won’t—seek help

Around 29% of cardiologists are burned out in contemporary practice, according to Medscape’s Cardiologist Lifestyle, Happiness & Burnout Report 2020—but the majority haven’t sought professional help for burnout and don’t plan to.

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What every physician should know about coronavirus

Novel coronavirus, also known as Covid-19, has killed more than 1,300 people and infected upwards of 47,000, according to the World Health Organization.

Around the web

Several key trends were evident at the Radiological Society of North America 2024 meeting, including new CT and MR technology and evolving adoption of artificial intelligence.

Ron Blankstein, MD, professor of radiology, Harvard Medical School, explains the use of artificial intelligence to detect heart disease in non-cardiac CT exams.