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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Hub & Spoke: Improving Cardiogenic Shock Outcomes at WellStar

Offered in cooperation with Abiomed

Proven protocols and practices, people and a push for earlier hemodynamic support are changing the face of cardiogenic shock survival. One leading health system has improved survival rates into the 70+ percent range. And their team believes other facilities should follow suit.

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Researchers testing AI-aided technique for heading off suicides

Researchers have developed a system combining AI and mHealth to catch signs of impending suicidal behavior in time for interventions by caregivers.

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Skin cancer may be diagnosable by algorithmic smartphone app

An AI-based smartphone app for detecting cancer in skin lesions has proven quite capable, achieving 95.1% sensitivity.

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AI-aided kidney care rolls into the Salt Lake State

Intermountain Healthcare has opened an AI-powered service line for patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease.

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Evidence mounts for deep learning’s potential to help fight Alzheimer’s

There’s still a long way to go with both research into Alzheimer’s disease and AI tools to help detect it, but deep-learning approaches continue to show promise for classifying the condition on images of the brain.

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Cardiovascular RCTs are getting more practical—but slowly

The level of pragmatism in CV-related randomized clinical trials has only increased moderately over the past two decades, according to work published in JAMA Cardiology Sept. 1.

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Algorithms are finding hidden human connections in end-of-life care

When patients and family members discuss end-of-life matters with professional caregivers, the silences between words can be as telling as the words themselves.

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Walmart enters primary care

The world’s biggest retailer, Walmart, is taking a bigger step into the healthcare space by opening up a primary care clinic called Walmart Health located in Georgia. The news was first reported by CNBC.