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.

AI exposes ‘severe’ underestimation of COVID prevalence at the hands of antibody surveys

Two bioinformatics experts have used AI to accurately estimate regional COVID infection rates, aka seroprevalence, in all 50 states and 50 hard-hit countries.

Aggregated, analyzed web searches predict spikes, falloffs in COVID cases

Emulating finance’s use of satellite parking-lot imagery to guide investments in retail, researchers have tapped Google search patterns to helpfully predict ebbs and flows of COVID cases across the U.S.

New academic institute looks to ‘radically transform health systems away from hospitals and clinics’

The plan is to draw health data from every available source to continuously nudge individuals toward not only appropriate medical care but also healthier lifestyles.

In silico AI needs just minutes to refine development of mutation-busting vaccines

Computer engineers have produced a deep learning framework for very quickly fine-tuning vaccines to fight emerging variant strains of COVID-19.

YouTube to bring authoritative health content with new partnerships

YouTube has partnered with numerous healthcare organizations to bring credible health information content to its video-sharing platform.

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Kaiser Permanente partners with Accenture, Microsoft to improve cloud capabilities

Kaiser Permanente is scaling up its cloud capabilities through a new deal with Microsoft and Accenture.

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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.