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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Wearables & Workflow: How One Practice Is Hurdling Time, Liability & Billing

Sanjaya Gupta, MD, MBA, details how his practice is leverage wearables as a patient engagement tool.

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The Rise of Wearables: What Experts Say About Patients, Platforms & Getting Paid

Cardiologists discuss the questions and concerns swirling around the thriving wearables market as patients strap on a variety of smart devices and expect their physicians to catch up.

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Just 55% of countries offer cardiac rehab, leaving 18M patients without access

Only half of the world’s countries offer cardiac rehabilitation programs, according to a recent survey, leaving some 18 million heart patients across the globe without access to therapy that could vastly improve their prognosis and quality of life.

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NEJM names new editor-in-chief

The Massachusetts Medical Society, which publishes the New England Journal of Medicine, on June 19 named Eric J. Rubin, MD, PhD, as the newest editor-in-chief of the Journal and NEJM Group.

ACC: 1 in 4 cardiologists are burned out

A little over a quarter of cardiologists report feeling burned out on the job—something that’s increasingly recognized as a barrier to quality healthcare—according to a recent survey from the American College of Cardiology.

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Joint Commission, AHA offer new accreditations for MI centers

The Joint Commission and American Heart Association will start accepting applications for two new heart attack programs July 1, including the Acute Heart Attack Ready and Primary Heart Attack Center certifications.

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TCT, VEITHsymposium partner to strengthen conference material

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation is partnering with VEITHsymposium, one of the largest annual meetings in vascular medicine, to enhance conference material at both VEITHsymposium and the CRF’s yearly Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference, the groups announced June 20.

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Jane Freedman named new editor of Circulation Research

Massachusetts-based researcher Jane E. Freedman, MD, was named this week as the new editor of Circulation Research, one of the American Heart Association’s 12 scientific journals.

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.