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.

SC: MRI shows possibilities of bone marrow stem cell therapy

In vivo MRI results demonstrate that mesenchymal stem cells migrate toward a quinolinic acid lesion and can survive for 19 days post-transplantation, which gives hope for future research harnessing stem cells for treating neurodegenerative diseases, such as Huntington's, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, according to research in this months issue of Stem Cells.

Radiology: FSE-Cube efficacious in 3T MR knee imaging

Fast spin-echo sequence (FSE)-Cube has similar diagnostic performance as a routine MR imaging protocol for detecting cartilage lesions, cruciate ligament tears, collateral ligament tears, meniscal tears and bone marrow edema lesions within the knee joint at 3T, according to a prospective review in this months issue of Radiology.

Siemens nets U.K. 3T MRI order

The British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre at Glasgow University in Scotland has ordered a Magnetom Verio 3T MRI scanner from Siemens Healthcare.

AJR: Kinetic variable for identifying MRI-detected breast lesions discovered

Computer-aided kinetic information can help significantly in distinguishing benign from malignant suspicious breast lesions on MRI, according to a study in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. These findings support the American College of Radiology (ACR) BI-RADS Breast MRI Lexicon recommendation to report the worst looking kinetic curve.

Michigan university nets $18M in stimulus grants, includes imaging awards

Wayne State University in Detroit has received nearly $18 million in research grants under the federal governments American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 program.

FDA clears iRadimed MRI infusion system

The FDA has granted IRadimed 510(k) clearance of its MRidium 3860+MRI infusion system with integrated Masimo Set SpO2 monitoring.

JACS: MRI may be unnecessary prior to treatment for new breast cancers

Research published in the August issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons challenges the routine use of MRI as a means to improve surgical outcomes in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. Investigators found that women diagnosed with breast cancer who received an MRI were more likely to undergo a mastectomy than breast conserving therapy, and may face delays in treatment.

Canadian researcher studies MRI, robotic tool for neurosurgery

Garnette Sutherland, MD, a Canadian Institutes of Health Research-supported scientist and surgeon at the University of Calgary in Alberta, has developed a computerized surgical system that combines MRI and robotics.

Around the web

U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.

When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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