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.

Ada launches initiative to improve healthcare access with AI

Ada Health is using its AI-powered medical app to improve healthcare access for underserved people around the world.

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Health IT improves patient care in nursing homes

Adopting sophisticated information technology (IT) in nursing homes leads to better patient care, according to a recent study from the University of Missouri published in Nursing Care Quality.

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FDA clears AI detection software for diagnosing brain bleeds

The FDA has given 510(k) clearance to software that uses AI to detect the presence of brain bleeds in CT images.

Patient perceptions affected by timeframe, format of CVD risk estimates

A new study in JAMA Cardiology showed patients’ risk perceptions and willingness to accept therapy are influenced by the type of estimate they’re presented with and how that information is organized.

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Reducing hospital superbugs costs just $2 per person

Superbug infections could claim 2.4 million lives across Europe, North America and Australia over the next 30 years unless more is done to limit the growing antibiotic resistance. Fortunately, the issue could be stemmed for about $2 per person by investing in measures such as handwashing and prudent antibiotic prescription, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

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AI tools performed worse on data outside original health system

Deep-learning models trained to detect pneumonia from chest X-rays performed worse when tested on X-rays from outside their original hospital systems, suggesting AI tools should undergo a wide range of testing before being used in clinical settings.

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Following accusations of racism, cardiologist stops seeing patients

A physician with Pulse Cardiology in San Bernardino, California, has been accused of racist behavior after allegedly criticizing a patient for not speaking English, Yahoo Finance reported Nov. 6.

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Harvard: AI might be an answer to healthcare red tape

Artificial intelligence may help stop the “downward spiral in productivity” in the U.S. healthcare system, which has been plagued by labor-intensive, inefficient administrative tasks, according to an article in the Harvard Business Review.