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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Machine learning lined up to lift physical fitness out on the street

Researchers at the University of Delaware are developing a system of wearable video devices and AI analysis tools that, they hope, will help make roads and sidewalks friendlier to walkers, joggers, bicyclists and anyone else keeping fit outdoors.

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Seeking Synergy: Bringing Cardiology into Your Enterprise Imaging Strategy

Sponsored by Sectra

There is new synergy afoot when it comes to enterprise imaging. Healthcare systems are increasingly choosing enterprise imaging systems to manage image viewing across the two most image-rich ‘ologies: radiology and cardiology.

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Care journeys of breast-cancer patients illuminated by AI

Allowing natural language processing to pore over disparate data stored in electronic health records, researchers in Canada have shown the AI-based technology can reveal real-world experiences and outcomes of patients with stage III breast cancer.

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Google’s DeepMind AI identifies kidney patient risk

An AI company owned by Google parent company Alphabet, DeepMind, is able to predict future acute kidney injuries and could potentially save lives, according to a new paper published in Nature.

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Partners working with Fujifilm to embed AI in go-anywhere ultrasound

A Harvard-affiliated academic data science center is partnering with a major manufacturer of portable ultrasound systems to boost the diagnostic powers of point-of-care ultrasound, aka “POCUS,” using AI.

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Most CV procedures performed in outpatient settings

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has released a summary of recent cardiology treatment trends in the U.S., revealing that most cardiology procedures in the country are performed in an outpatient setting.

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ICU nurses may look to AI for relief from alarm fatigue

Not only is AI aiding recovery for some of the sickest hospitalized patients—those in the ICU—but it’s also making work less stressful for the medical professionals who care for them.

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Paging Dr. Alexa to the living room: Smart speakers becoming healthcare aides

In the wake of Alexa’s success at gaining HIPAA-compliant medical skills, AI developers are working to offer smart speakers that do everything from warning homebound people they’re having a heart attack to taking clinical notes for physicians during patient visits.