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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AI gives OCT images a resolution boost

Duke University researchers have used AI to boost the resolution of optical coherence tomography (OCT) to improve medical images across fields, from cardiology to oncology. Their findings were recently published in nature photonics.

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CMS updates Medicare Plan Finder for usability

CMS is updating its Medicare Plan Finder for the first time in a decade.

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FDA may use blockchain for medical recalls

Blockchain may be a future solution for the FDA to leverage medical recalls.

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HHS to fund Ebola vaccine

HHS will provide $23 million to drug manufacturer Merck to produce Ebola vaccine doses over the next year, the agency announced Aug. 21. 

How AI can be applied to an EKG to measure overall health

Overall health status may soon be measurable by applying AI to electrocardiogram data, according to a journal from the American Heart Association, Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.

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AI reduces diagnostic workload of detecting UTIs

Urinary tract infections make up a significant portion of microbiological screening in diagnostic laboratories, yet nearly two-thirds of samples come up negative. But AI has the potential to improve the process by reducing the number of query samples and enabling diagnostic services to concentrate on those that many have actual infections.

Housework can reduce risk of early death

Doing chores could reduce the risk of early death, according to a recent study published in the bmj. In fact, the findings of the study, which was conducted by researchers from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, revealed that any level of movement reduces the risk of premature death.

 

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Mexico looks to AI for help solving healthcare challenges

While most of the action around healthcare AI beyond the U.S.’s southern border has so far been in research, tech-focused startup companies based in Mexico have been popping up to push things forward with entrepreneurial energy.