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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Patient dies at home after doctors miss evidence of heart defect, including 2 chest x-rays

An inquest into the death of a 24-year-old scaffolder has found that the patient was “failed” by his healthcare providers.

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Machine learning predicts drug cardiotoxicity

Machine learning is playing a key role in predicting all major forms of drug cardiotoxicity, potentially helping reduce late-stage clinical trial failures.

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How telehealth affected cardiovascular care during the pandemic’s peak

As the COVID-19 pandemic escalated in March and April 2020, many cardiologists made the transition to telemedicine. How did this necessary adjustment affect patient care?

AI professor who survived cancer turns talents to war on COVID

As an academic AI expert, Pascale Fung, PhD, dove into the scientific research when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. The time investment rewarded her with a depth of understanding that has helped shape her life as a cancer survivor.

Neural networks refreshed by virtual sleep

Researchers have found that spiking neural networks become unstable after unbroken periods of unsupervised self-training. Moreover, these “artificial brains” seem to restabilize after they’re given the equivalent of a good night’s rest.

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How AI is speeding up COVID-19 diagnosis

AI is stepping in to help speed up the diagnosis of COVID-19 and expedite how much time healthcare professionals spend determining COVID-19 pneumonia and non-COVID-19 cases.

AI takes aim at 158-year-old eye exam

It may be time to take a long last look at the vision exam that relies on a cardboard sheet of huge letters at the top and tiny ones at the bottom.

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WHO’s hydroxychloroquine trial will resume

The World Health Organization announced it will resume a clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 patients after the organization halted it following studies showing higher risks to patients taking the drug.