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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Sectra receives FDA clearance for digital pathology solution

Sectra has received FDA clearance for its Digital Pathology Module, a primary diagnostics tool intended for U.S. healthcare providers.

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50 different cancers findable in DNA blood test designed with AI

Researchers have used machine learning to develop a blood test that can find 50 or so types of cancer.

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Experimental AI separates mild COVID from serious trouble to come

A disease that hits most people mildly but some very hard—and so wreaks havoc with its unpredictability among the infected—would seem a good target for AI’s predictive prowess.

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Deep learning improves dermatology diagnoses across 2 broad patient populations

Researchers in South Korea have shown that AI trained on photos of both Asian and Caucasian patients can help dermatologists more accurately diagnose many diseases and disorders of the skin in both subpopulations.

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AI identifies drugs with synergistic potential to fight COVID-19

A healthcare AI company has spotted several unexpected, off-label drug combinations that may do the job against COVID-19. In any case, the company is offering its complete AI toolkit free of charge to drug developers working on COVID treatments.

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Can social media’s ‘digital breadcrumbs’ help surveil COVID-19?

When Windy City residents send out tweets containing the term “food poisoning,” an algorithm offers a form for sharing details with Chicago’s public-health officials. Why not do the same with keywords like “cough,” “fever” and “trouble breathing” to help track COVID-19?

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35% of US cardiologists suffer from burnout, 44% feel stressed

Physician burnout has been a growing problem in healthcare for years, robbing specialists of the passion that once led them to a career in medicine and potentially having a negative impact on patient care.

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Coronavirus researchers looking for smart-ring wearers

The Finnish maker of the Oura health-tracking finger ring is sponsoring a two-pronged, AI-aided COVID-19 study at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).