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.

Online database of FDA-approved AI debuts

A small but mighty research outfit based in Hungary has compiled a user-friendly database of medical technologies anchored in AI and approved by the FDA.

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Novant Health Brings Cardiology into Agfa HealthCare's Enterprise Imaging

Sponsored by AGFA HealthCare

As recently as eight months ago, cardiologists sitting down to work with medical images at Novant Health had plenty of choices on where and how to go about that part of their jobs.

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3 tips to help hospital executives tackle the pandemic-induced surgery backlog

Michigan Medicine medical doctors recently detailed their advice in the Annals of Surgery. 

Sleep apnea trackable by smartphone with AI assistance

The novel AI-aided app can run on both Apple and Android operating systems and only needs to be placed near the would-be sleeper—a familiar nightstand, shelf or end table will do—at bedtime.

‘A tremendous loss’: Beloved cardiologist James T. Willerson dies at 81

Willerson's research spanned decades and included topics such as unstable atherosclerotic plaques and human stem cells. He is remembered for his passion and the impact he made on those around him. 

When Fear goes Viral

When Fear Goes Viral - What to Say to a Frightened Patient

SCAI’s president explains the key points she shares when reassuring patients who are reluctant to present for care.

is ai the key to getting a handle on data

Is AI the Key to Getting a Handle on Data?

More data might sound like a good thing but, from a clinician’s point of view, too much of it could defeat the purpose of gathering it.

AI to uncover COVID’s likely course in patients with already-troubled lungs

Researchers at West Virginia University are well placed to tap AI for teasing out the role of existing respiratory concerns in the progression of COVID-19.