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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Workflow in the Lab: Going from Stuck to Steady

Nothing irritates cardiologists in cath and electrophysiology labs more than trip wires that bring workflow to an abrupt halt. Backups, bed shortages, AWOL equipment and interruptions can delay and disrupt procedures, undermine patient care and create waste. Many of these situations are avoidable, but sometimes, like it or not, slowdowns are necessary.  

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For many, paying tax is cheaper than purchasing health insurance

For middle-class, healthy individuals, forgoing health insurance and paying a tax is cheaper than enrolling in a health plan, according to an Avalere Health report released on April 24.

Physicians, surgeons drop a few pegs in job ratings

Math beat out medicine again in a report that rated jobs on work environment, income, stress and outlook. Several medical professions slipped lower compared with the previous year.

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Structured Reporting: The Road Map for Better Data, Workflow and Reports

Wolters Kluwer

Creating the structured cardiac cath lab procedure report is the first step to improving patient care and data accuracy, coordinating intraprocedure workflow across the clinical team, making registry reporting seamless, and reducing overall cost of care.

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Crime & astonishment

The blotter has been busy for the last week or so, starting with a cardiologist charged with scheming the murder of a fellow cardiologist and ending with three cardiologists netting almost $6 million in a whistleblower lawsuit.

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Number of ACOs increases, but results are mixed

Nearly 70 percent of U.S. residents live near accountable care organizations (ACOs), according to an Oliver Wyman report released this month. There are now 585 ACOs, an increase from 522 in 2014 and 258 in 2013.

Hospital settles cardiologists’ whistleblower suit for $21.75M

A whistleblower lawsuit filed by three cardiologists against a hospital in Texas ended in a $21.75 million settlement. The Department of Justice (DoJ), which took over the case, charged the hospital with improperly compensating cardiologists.

Physicians cite interoperability issues, EHR concerns in survey

More than 60 percent of physicians said the healthcare industry was doing a poor job with interoperability, according to an online survey. Meanwhile, 95 percent of physicians said they experienced a delay or difficulty in delivering medical care because patients’ health records were not accessible or shared.

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.