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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BPCI Advanced, prior authorization among timely topics on ACC Summit agenda

To identify the most pressing topics for industry leaders, Cardiovascular Business spoke to course director Cathie Biga, MSN, RN, about the agenda for the 2018 American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular Summit.

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FDA clears AI platform that quickly alerts specialists to strokes

The FDA cleared Viz.ai’s clinical support tool on Feb. 13, allowing the software that alerts clinicians to the possibility of a stroke to be marketed in the United States.

Hospital CEOs increasingly worried about staff shortages

Financial challenges and governmental mandates were the top two concerns of hospital CEOs for the third straight year in 2017, according to a survey, and personnel shortages cracked the top three for the first time in that span.

Diabetics account for 24% of ED visits among middle-aged, older adults

Nearly a quarter of all emergency department (ED) visits in 2015 for U.S. patients older than 45 were made by diabetics, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).

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Q&A: What do providers need to know about BPCI Advanced?

With the March 12 application date for the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced model approaching, Keely Macmillan—the general manager of BPCI Advanced at Archway Health—spoke with Cardiovascular Business about the program and what health systems should consider before participating.

New Doctors Report Illness Tracker Ranks Nation’s Top Flu Hot Spots

Pittsburgh, PA, February 7, 2018 — DoctorsReport.com, the new Website and mobile app that give you instant access to data doctors report from almost one million doctors’ offices across the nation, has released its current list of the nation’s 14 Influenza hot spots (by metro area) in the country.

Exodus of healthcare providers from Syria necessitates tele-cardiology

Three United States cardiologists reported on the success of telemedicine in Syria, where nearly half of the country’s healthcare facilities have been damaged or destroyed and many physicians have left due to a deadly civil war.

Health AI Startup Medial EarlySign Predicts Which Diabetic Patients Will Suffer Kidney Damage Within One Year

KFAR MALAL, Israel, Feb. 5, 2018 — Medial EarlySign, a leader of machine-learning based solutions to improve non-communicable disease management, today announced the results of an additional clinical data study in the domain of diabetes — identifying diabetic patients who are at highest risk for having renal dysfunction within one year.

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GE HealthCare said the price of iodine contrast increased by more than 200% between 2017 to 2023. Will new Chinese tariffs drive costs even higher?

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.