Evidence-based medicine will not relieve patients, physicians and health care policy makers of their duty to make difficult judgments about value and cost-effectiveness, two experts in the field contend.

In this week's podcast, managing editor Marion Webb discusses a new monthly digital health roundup which will soon feature on Medtech Insight. Managing editor Reed Miller discusses reimbursement difficulties as it applies to remote cardiac monitoring. UK-based reporter Barnaby Pickering gives an overview of an interview with the chief medical officer of Adaptive Biotechnologies about its new T-Detect platform.

Hillrom is reconsidering its planned $375m acquisition of Bardy Diagnostics because of Novitas' plan to cut Medicare reimbursement for extended cardiac monitoring. Bardy is suing to complete the deal.