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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Consumers want a better way to pay for healthcare

To retain current patients, healthcare providers are rolling out new technologies like virtual care and digital payment processes. 

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Can COVID-19 cause, uncover or otherwise activate diabetes?

As many as 14% of patients with severe COVID-19 develop type I or type II diabetes––and doctors are bewildered by the association. 

 

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Routine chest imaging all AI needs to spot impending heart maladies

AI has proven capable of automatically detecting looming heart trouble on CT scans taken for lung issues like lung cancer, pulmonary embolism and pneumonia.

Telehealth, AI will drive healthcare delivery revolution through 2030

Technology adoption in healthcare is at an all-time high, and the attractiveness of telehealth and other innovative solutions during the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to continue driving how healthcare is delivered through the next decade.

 

Americans much more wary than South Koreans about sharing whereabouts to help counter COVID

The researchers solicited 306 adults—188 in the U.S. and 118 in South Korea—for their views on contact tracing, quarantine monitoring and public mapping of sites recently visited by COVID-positive individuals.

Cardiologist dies after being stabbed by a former patient

The suspect is in custody, and an investigation is underway. 

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Vitamin D supplements offer limited cardiovascular benefits, and calcium supplements may even do harm

Calcium supplements, the researchers emphasized, should be prescribed with caution. 

AI recognizes cognitive decline in headshots

Researchers have used deep learning software to accurately detect age-related cognitive impairment using only photos of patients’ faces.