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.

HHS goes live with online locator of COVID-countering therapeutic drugs

The agency has posted an interactive map showing the locations of drug distributors that have recently received shipments of two monoclonal antibody medications good for treating COVID-19.

Predicting psychiatric readmission proves ‘hard for humans, hard for machines’

Researchers have found that some AI models do better, on average, than expert psychiatrists at the difficult task.

Rapid go-live as first trust in Greater Manchester patient diagnostic imaging initiative deploys Sectra solution

The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has become the first of eight NHS trusts in the UK to deploy the imaging IT solution.

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Cardiological AI gets 510(k) nod

The FDA has cleared UK-based Ultromics to sell an AI-powered tool for diagnosing coronary artery disease (CAD) on echocardiograms.

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3 reasons humans are irreplaceable by colonoscopy AI

Gastroenterologists need not fear being replaced by machines—and patients don’t have to worry about robot colonoscopists.

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Eye AI performs unexceptionally in clinical settings

Detecting diabetic retinopathy on eyeball imaging has been touted as one of medical AI’s most promising applications, as “the machine” has repeatedly equaled or bested humans at the task.

Beloved Ohio cardiologist dies at 91

Walter H. Roehll Jr., MD, is remembered for his kindness and dedication to patient care. 

AI enables faster, smarter inoculations at COVID drive-throughs

Academic experts in disaster response have developed an AI-based simulation model that accurately predicts ebbs and flows in traffic at drive-through vaccination stations.