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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Cardiologist bounces back after pandemic with help from informatics platform

Sponsored by Hitachi Healthcare Americas

In February and March 2020, the inevitable happened: COVID-19 came to the United States, hitting the country’s healthcare system like a 10-pound sledgehammer. 

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Role emerging for deep learning in online psychotherapy

A deep learning model has achieved human-level proficiency in three of five exercises, accurately categorizing verbal expressions from more than 33,000 talk-therapy patients who underwent their sessions online.

‘Human–machine hybrid AI diagnostic system’ rolls into Rochester

The Mayo Clinic’s flagship campus in Minnesota is installing an AI-powered patient triage and prediction platform.

‘Doomsday predictions’ about AI replacing radiologists are unrealistic, dangerous

People have been anticipating the demise of radiologists for years, speculating that AI will soon be interpreting imaging results with the precision of a seasoned veteran.

Nearly half of people use health tech to talk with their provider

Despite the growing number of patients using such technology, only 21% are talking with their providers about how to correspond digitally, and it may be hindering more widespread adoption.

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AI IDs cancer patients who could experience severe chemotherapy side effect

Testicular cancer has a high survival rate, but the chemotherapy typically used during treatment can induce nephrotoxicity.

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Canadian cardiologist who was a childhood war hero dies at 89

Dwight I. Peretz, MD, had a long career in cardiology, but he also lived an unforgettable childhood, one that included delivering undercover messages in Japanese-occupied Shanghai.

Rothman of Hopkins: Demystifying COVID ‘requires the analysis of big data and AI’

Why does COVID-19 severely sicken some people and barely bother others who catch it? The C-suite at Johns Hopkins is hoping technology can help unravel this mystery.