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.

Axcess Medical Imaging files Chapter 11

Stephen M. Miley, MD, has resigned as CEO of Axcess Medical Imaging, and the company and its subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Abbott expands U.S. Xience V trial, to enroll patient in DAPT trial

Abbott has expanded its XIENCE V USA post-approval study designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of its Xience V everolimus-eluting coronary stent in a real-world clinical setting out to five years. The expansion allows for more than 2,000 patients from the XIENCE V trial to cross over into the Dual Anti-Platelet Therapy (DAPT) trial.

NEJM: Uterine fibroid embolization offers alternative to hysterectomy

Uterine fibroid embolization is highlighted as an appropriate treatment for women in a clinical therapeutics article in the Aug. 13 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Arizona researchers study holographic imaging system for ovarian cancer

Two University of Arizona researchers have formed a research team to design, build and evaluate two versions of an ovarian cancer medical imaging and screening instrument that will use holographic components in a new type of optical microscope.

AHRA: Digital tune up ensures smooth-running workflow

The challenges of todays healthcare economic climate are such that practices can no longer afford to conduct business in the same manner as they have in the past. One of the ways in which a radiology group can meet these challenges is to tune its digital workflow for maximum efficiency.

CA: MRI may do more harm than good in newly diagnosed breast cancer

Using MRI before surgery to assess the extent of early breast cancer has not been shown to improve surgical planning, reduce follow-up surgery or reduce the risk of local recurrences. A review, appearing Aug. 13 online in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, says evidence shows that MRI utilization increases the chances of more extensive surgery over conservative approaches, with no evidence that it improves surgical care or prognosis.

InVivo introduces MR prostate imaging, intervention solution

InVivo has introduced an MR prostate solution for analysis, planning and interventional biopsy.

Emory imaging projects benefit from stimulus grants

Emory University in Atlanta has been a major beneficiary of funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.

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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