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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Impella heart pump reduces risk of acute kidney injury in high-risk patients

Research from the University of Louisville has found that the Abiomed Impella 2.5 heart pump helps reduce the risk of acute kidney injury—even in patients with preexisting kidney disease—when physicians are trying to complete a high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention (HRPCI).

Docs assess how best to treat opioid addicts for endocarditis

Many people who abuse opioids end up developing endocarditis—but physicians are considering alternative methods to treating these kinds of patients, because many of them continue to abuse drugs and end up dead.

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ACC.17: Electronic counseling intervention may benefit patients with hypertension

Patients with hypertension who received an electronic counseling intervention had a 10.1 mmHg reduction in systolic blood pressure after a year compared with a six mmHg reduction for a control group, according to a randomized, double-blind controlled trial in Canada.

ACC.17: Discontinued PCSK9 inhibitor benefits high-risk patients in trial

An analysis of two randomized trials found that taking bococizumab had no benefits with regards to reducing the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in lower cardiovascular risk patients.

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ACC.17: ORION-1 trial provides encouraging results on cholesterol-lowering inhibitor

Inclisiran, a PCSK9 synthesis inhibitor designed to lower cholesterol levels in the blood, was shown to significantly lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) while maintaining standards of safety and tolerability for every single patient in a clinical trial, a triumph in treatment for cardiovascular disease caused by high cholesterol. 

ACC.17: FOURIER trial meets primary endpoint, but investors are not impressed

Although patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol benefited from receiving evolocumab plus statin therapy, the results of the randomized FOURIER trial did not impress Wall Street as shares of the drug’s manufacturer, Amgen, declined shortly after the findings were announced.

Siemens, HeartFlow create 3D heart models to treat coronary artery disease

Siemens Healthineers and medical technology company HeartFlow have collaborated on a comprehensive, noninvasive heart technology to help diagnose and manage patients who may have coronary artery disease (CAD).

Washington cardiologist settles overbilling allegations for $300,000

Romeo Pavlic, MD, a cardiologist from Spokane, Washington, agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging he overbilled Medicare and Medicaid patients, the Spokesman-Review reports.

Around the web

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.