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.

Orbita and Mayo Clinic Team Up to Extend Award-Winning Alexa Skill to Google and Voice-Powered Web Chat

Unveiled at HIMSS, Mayo Clinic’s expanded voice offerings span omnichannel environments, providing trusted health and wellness information to an exponentially growing number of consumers.

Nurses with poor health 26% likelier to make medical errors

Nurses with poor physical and mental health—particularly depression—are more likely to make medical errors in the workplace, according to new research published in the Journal for Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 

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Vanderbilt leveraging AI to integrate voice assistants into EHRs

The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is looking to transform electronic health records (EHRs) by leveraging voice and AI technology to allow EHRs to naturally interact with physicians to find relevant information and hopefully enhance patient care.  

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AI-based app provides personalized recommendations to cancer patients

Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a new AI-based app, MyPath, that adapts to each stage of a patient’s cancer journey with personalized resources and recommendations on everything from side effects to insurance and more.

Cardiologist accused of sexual battery kept seeing patients for weeks

A Smyrna, Tennessee, cardiologist who was indicted on six charges of sexual battery against a patient early this year was found to still be practicing medicine more than a month later, according to local outlet the Daily News Journal.

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AI tool predicts survivability in ovarian cancer patients

Researchers from the Imperial College London and the University of Melbourne created a new AI algorithm that is four times more accurate in predicting survival rates among ovarian cancer patients. The tool was also able to determine the most effective treatment for patients who exhibit ovarian cancer. Research findings were published in Nature Communications.

HIMSS19: Premier head DeVore outlines 5 big items on U.S. healthcare’s to-do list

If healthcare is to rise to the challenge of providing better care while holding the line on costs, stakeholders across the entire industry must collaborate around digesting data and serving patients.

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Florida hospital to save $20M through AI-enabled clinical variation

Flagler Hospital, a 335-bed community hospital based in St. Augustine, Florida, is projected to save more than $20 million after AI technology helped it reduce costs, average length of stay and readmissions for pneumonia patients.