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.

Most patients do not adhere to treatment regimen after MI or atherosclerosis diagnosis

Two years after an MI, only 43 percent of patients were fully adherent to their guideline-indicated treatment regimens, according to a claims database analysis. The researchers also found that only 34 percent of patients with atherosclerosis were fully adherent following two years.

Mayo Clinic offers blood test to predict adverse cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease

The Mayo Clinic and Zora Biosciences have partnered to offer a blood test to predict adverse cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease.

FDA releases report for consumers on medical devices to treat obesity

More than 68 percent of U.S. adults are considered overweight, while nearly 36 percent of overweight people are considered obese. With that in mind, the FDA released a report for consumers on Aug. 16 on medical devices to treat obesity.

Adults eligible for Medicare and Medicaid have worse outcomes but better medication adherence than Medicare-only patients

Older adults with dual Medicare-Medicaid eligibility who presented to the hospital with MI had better rates of medication adherence compared with those who were eligible only for Medicare, according to a retrospective study. However, the dual eligible had higher rates of 30-day readmissions, death at one year and major adverse cardiovascular outcomes at one year.

Jury awards $21 million to Kentucky patient for unnecessary heart procedures

After receiving unnecessary heart surgeries in a Kentucky hospital, milk truck driver Kevin Wells will be awarded millions of dollars after a judge ruled in his favor.

Offspring of longer-lived parents may survive longer, have fewer cardiovascular issues

A study in the U.K. found that adults whose parents lived past 69 years old had a 16 percent decrease in all-cause mortality compared with those whose parents died at an earlier age after adjusting for several factors. The offspring of longer-lived parents also had lower incidences of peripheral vascular disease, heart failure, hypertension, anemia, hypercholesterolemia and atrial fibrillation.

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AHA advisory warns of potential risk of cardiovascular disease with too much sedentary behavior

Evidence suggests sedentary behavior increases the risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes and may contribute to excess morbidity and mortality.

Health policy statement from ACC, other cardiovascular societies encourages interoperability of health IT systems

Adopting standards from Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) and collaborating among stakeholders could help the U.S. health information technology infrastructure and aid in developing a data interoperability framework, according to a health policy statement from leading cardiovascular medical societies.

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.