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.

CXO survey finds many physicians remain on sidelines

Healthcare systems increasingly embrace the idea of a chief experience officer (CXO) to pilot improvement efforts in their hospitals, but many physicians are not at the vanguard of change, survey results showed. Most respondents saw physicians as passive participants in the process.

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Fewer adults in U.S. have elevated triglyceride levels

From 2001 to 2012, the percentage of U.S. adults with elevated triglyceride levels declined in both men and women, according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics.

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Doctors worry about patients recording visits

With smartphones becoming more common, the issue of patients recording their doctor visits concerns some physicians.

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Digital interventions help corral heart disease in meta-analysis

Digital health tools may be the ticket for preventing cardiovascular disease or improving outcomes in at-risk patients. A meta-analysis gave digital health interventions an overall thumbs up for primary and secondary prevention.

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Researchers identify genes associated with increased risk for ischemic stroke

By performing exome sequencing, researchers have identified two genes and mechanisms (PDE4DIP and ACOT4) associated with an increased risk for ischemic stroke. They also found two other genes (ZFHX3 and ABCA1) had protein-coding variants associated with ischemic stroke.

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Narrow networks becoming common

The increasing popularity of narrow networks is limiting choices for patients.

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Recent advances lead to low mortality rates in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Recent advances in treatments and management strategies have helped patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy live longer and experience few adverse events, according to a longitudinal cohort study.

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Death rates for heart disease decrease among baby boomers

Between 2003 and 2013, the death rate for heart disease decreased 19 percent among men age 55 to 64 and decreased 24 percent for women in the same age category, according to a report released on May 6 from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Still, in 2013, 55 percent of deaths among that age group were due to cancer or heart disease.

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.