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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UCLA algorithm nearly matches experienced radiologists in prostate cancer detection

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, have developed an artificial neural network capable of identifying and diagnosing prostate cancer almost as well as radiologists with a decade of experience.

Google opens its first AI lab in Africa

Google has opened its first African-based AI lab in Accra, Ghana, CNN reported April 15.

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CNN, transfer learning automates EMR data input

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a method for streamlining electronic medical record (EMR) data entry using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and transfer learning, according to a paper published April 12 in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine.

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Novel AI agent can rationalize its actions

An AI agent developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology automatically generates natural language explanations in real-time to explain the motivations behind its actions, ideally allowing those who aren’t experts in the field to interact with AI tools more confidently.

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One-third of cancer patients try alternative treatments, and many don’t tell their doctors

Some 33.3% of cancer patients add their own alternative treatment regimen to whatever conventional cancer care they’re receiving—and almost 30% of those don’t tell their doctors they’re doing so.

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Precision medicine and AI: Made for each other

As precision medicine transforms disease treatment into a patient-by-patient art and science, AI is poised to help quickly identify or even predict genetic mutations, pointing the way to highly targeted therapies.

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1st AI-enabled radiation reduction solution for X-rays cleared by FDA

Omega Medical Imaging’s FluoroShield gained FDA clearance this month, becoming the first AI-enabled radiation reduction technology to hit the market.

 

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94% of diagnostic AI studies don’t adequately validate results

The majority of recent journal studies evaluating the performance of AI algorithms failed to adequately validate test results, according to a meta-analysis published in the Korean Journal of Radiology, meaning most of that research can only serve as proof-of-concept and might not translate into clinical performance.