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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The best hospitals for pediatric cardiology and heart surgery in the US

The U.S. News and World Report on June 18 released its 2019-2020 rankings for the country’s best children’s hospitals, topped by Boston Children’s Hospital for overall best care and Texas Children’s Hospital for the best cardiac care.

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FDA clears CV planning software suite from Materialise

Global 3D printing company Materialise on June 13 announced its Mimics Enlight cardiovascular planning software suite received FDA clearance and will soon be rolled out to clinicians.

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Cardiologist found guilty of billing insurers $13M for needless angina treatments

An eight-day trial and two-hour jury deliberation has culminated in the conviction of Pennsylvania cardiologist Samirkumar J. Shah, who on June 14 was found guilty of two counts of healthcare fraud for falsely billing insurers for unnecessary angina treatments.

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3 interventions could prevent 94M early deaths by 2040

Harvard researchers have identified three health interventions that, if implemented and followed closely over the next quarter-century, could prevent up to 94 million early deaths from noncommunicable diseases like CVD.

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More than ⅔ of cardiovascular RCT reports skew language to reflect better outcomes

More than two-thirds of CV randomized clinical trial reports positively spin some aspect of the article to reflect favorable results that aren’t necessarily there, according to a study published in the May edition of JAMA Network Open.

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Myocardial injury commonly miscoded as type 2 MI

Researchers say such misnomers could have major policy implications, especially in an increasingly value-based landscape.

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How AI could prevent unnecessary testing in patients with chest pain

An artificial intelligence “super brain” could help eliminate unnecessary diagnostic testing in patients who present with stable chest pain, according to a recent study, potentially saving physicians and patients significant time and money.

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Sex-specific VIRGO taxonomy better classifies women with MI

Nearly one in six young women who suffer a heart attack can’t be classified under the Fourth Universal Definition of MI, according to a study out of Yale University—but the majority can be accurately classified using a sex-specific taxonomy known as VIRGO.

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.