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 Delivery, Digital Transformation, Precision Medicine, Remote Monitoring and Telehealth.

Epic, Microsoft lead the AI vendor charge into healthcare: KLAS
Many if not most hospitals and other provider organizations take a decided interest in what their peer institutions are doing with AI. A major motivator for the keen curiosity is gauging how well one is keeping up with the Joneses. So to speak.
Quality of care for heart patients does not improve in first year of ACO participation
Researchers tracked patient outcomes through the use of 15 performance measures related to hypertension, coronary artery disease, heart failure and atrial fibrillation.
Bill that would require providers report extravasations of radioactive drugs is back on the House floor
Patient advocacy groups say the proposal "is common-sense legislation that will protect patients."
Patients eligible for both breast and lung cancer screening are getting mammograms while ditching low-dose CT in droves
This finding underlines the need for interventions to increase LCS awareness and address common barriers such as confusing eligibility criteria.
Early pregnancy blood pressure patterns tied to hypertension risk years later
Researchers show certain blood pressure patterns during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy were more likely to develop into hypertension later in life.

Eli Lilly leveraging machine learning to find coronavirus treatment

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has partnered with AbCellera Biologics, a biotechnology company based in Canada, to address the new coronavirus crisis by developing antibody products to treat and prevent the virus.

At-home coronavirus tests will soon be available

The first at-home test for the new coronavirus, COVID-19, may soon be available, with the company selling the test, myLAB Box, opening a pre-sale.

Coronavirus vaccine trial begins

Scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health have begun a Phase 1 clinical trial for a vaccine to protect against the new coronavirus, COVID-19.

New AI app uses Apple Watch data to predict flu, cold before symptoms appear

A new AI app hitting the market could predict sickness before a person even appears sick.

AI community snaps into action for coronavirus response

AI experts are being tasked with addressing the new coronavirus pandemic and using machine learning to mine a new dataset released by The White House.

Widely-used machine learning method is flawed

One algorithmic approach used to model and analyze complex networks is fundamentally flawed and fails to capture the full properties of real-world complexities, according to a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Telehealth benefits expanded during coronavirus crisis

The Trump administration expanded telehealth benefits coverage under Medicare in order to treat patients without traveling to a healthcare facility and risk catching or spreading the new coronavirus, COVID-19.

How AI can be used to identify high-risk coronavirus patients

As the U.S. continues ramping up its response to the new coronavirus, COVID-19, the role of AI could loom large in helping identify the highest risk patients.

Patient Care

Epic, Microsoft lead the AI vendor charge into healthcare: KLAS

Quality of care for heart patients does not improve in first year of ACO participation

Bill that would require providers report extravasations of radioactive drugs is back on the House floor

Patients eligible for both breast and lung cancer screening are getting mammograms while ditching low-dose CT in droves

Early pregnancy blood pressure patterns tied to hypertension risk years later