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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Most burned-out cardiologists don’t—and won’t—seek help

Around 29% of cardiologists are burned out in contemporary practice, according to Medscape’s Cardiologist Lifestyle, Happiness & Burnout Report 2020—but the majority haven’t sought professional help for burnout and don’t plan to.

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AI measures blood flow to predict death, heart attack—and is more accurate than humans

Researchers have used AI technology to predict a patient’s chance of death, heart attack or stroke better than human doctors, sharing their findings in a new study in Circulation.

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What every physician should know about coronavirus

Novel coronavirus, also known as Covid-19, has killed more than 1,300 people and infected upwards of 47,000, according to the World Health Organization.

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AI predicts malignancy, survival in patients with brain tumors

AI models can be trained to predict outcomes in meningioma patients, according to new research published in npj Digital Medicine. The study’s authors even developed a free smartphone app so others can explore their work.

10 key uses for AI in radiology that don’t involve interpretation

AI promises to make a titanic impact on radiology, but most of the attention tends to focus on its ability to identify important findings in medical images. What about the technology’s non-interpretive qualities?

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How AI could change our understanding of the aging process

Researchers have found they can use microbe samples—and a little help from machine learning techniques—to predict someone’s age.

 

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New telehealth clinic to provide VR-powered treatment

XRHealth has announced the launch of a new telehealth clinic that allows patients to receive care at home via virtual reality (VR) technology.

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AI predicts patient responses to antidepressants

Machine learning-based algorithms can predict how patients will respond to antidepressants, according to new research published in Nature Biotechnology. The secret, the authors revealed, is electroencephalography (EEG) data.