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.

Boston Children’s, Cleveland Clinic team up to provide pediatric heart care

Boston Children’s Hospital and the Cleveland Clinic have teamed up to provide comprehensive pediatric heart services to patients on the Cleveland Clinic’s national network, a collection of cardiovascular care providers that contract services with employers and other payers.

Pennsylvania hospital hires new cardiologist

The Evangelical Community Hospital in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, has added John Pfeifer, MD, to its interventional cardiology team, reports The Daily Item.

Princess Grace Hospital Publishes Data Demonstrating More Rapid Transmural Lesion Formation Utilizing Stereotaxis Robotic Technology

ST. LOUIS, July 25, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stereotaxis, Inc. (OTCQX:STXS) and Princess Grace Hospital in Monaco today announced the publication of a study comparing the speed of lesion formation of magnetic catheters using the Niobe® system to manually controlled contact force catheters.

FDA recalls Penumbra stent retrieving system

Penumbra Inc. is recalling its Penumbra 3D Revascularization device due to a risk of delivery wire breakage or separation during use, according to a July 21 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) release.

Virtual reality allows surgeons into the hearts of conjoined twins

Healthcare is just beginning to realize the potential of virtual reality, but for two conjoined sisters in Minnesota, the technology couldn't have done more. Paisleigh and Paislyn Martinez survived a highly risky nine-hour surgery to separate the two who were attached in the chest and torso areas.

Colorado hospital adds news cardiologist to staff

Cardiologist Stephen Treat, MD, has joined the cardiac clinic at Estes Park Medical Center in Estes, Colorado, reports the Estes Park Trail-Gazette.

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Two Biotronik ICD systems receive FDA approval

Two implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) systems made by Biotronik were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the company announced July 19.

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AliveCor, Mayo work to develop technology to detect congenital heart condition

Mountain View, California-based AliveCor, which makes the personal electrocardiogram, Kardia Mobile, has plans to enhance the device with a new detection feature through a collaboration with Mayo Clinic.

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.