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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Best of the best? Meet the world’s top 250 hospitals for cardiology

Fifteen of the list's top 25 hospitals are located in the United States. 

Cardiologist turns years of experience into a book, covering everything from heart attacks to COVID-19

Each chapter of the new book is modeled after a real-life patient encounter, starting with the initial visit and then taking readers through the entire process.  

Patient outcomes take a hit when physicians do clinical work on a part-time basis

More and more physicians are performing clinical work on a part-time basis, and it might have a negative impact on patient care. 

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Survival rates similar when treating secondary MR with TEER or surgery

Surgical mitral valve repair, however, was also associated with multiple benefits.

Monitoring high-risk patients for AFib fails to reduce stroke risk

"These findings might imply that not all AFib is worth screening for, and not all screen-detected AFib merits anticoagulation," researchers wrote. 

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Risk of stroke similar when treating severe carotid artery stenosis with surgery or stenting

Researchers tracked data from more than 3,600 patients who underwent either carotid endarterectomy or carotid artery stenting.

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Drones deliver defibrillators much quicker than ambulances

When drones and ambulances were both sent to the scene of a suspected cardiac arrest, the drone arrived first 64% of the time. 

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Cardiologist gets new trial nearly 5 years after being found guilty of healthcare fraud

When the veteran cardiologist was first found guilty back in 2016, a U.S. attorney called the decision a “milestone in an investigation spanning several years.” 

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.