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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Co-founder of AI platform that improves ECG analysis named European Innovator of the Year

Cardiologs co-founder and CEO Yann Fleureau was named the European Innovator of the Year by MIT Technology Review, which also included the French native on its list of the top 35 European innovators under the age of 35.

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FDA grants breakthrough device designation to Bayer, Merck AI software

The FDA is speeding up the review process for new software that uses AI to help radiologists diagnose chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), pharmaceutical company Bayer announced Dec. 3.

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NIH, NVIDIA to develop AI tools for brain, liver cancer clinical trials

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and tech company NVIDIA are partnering to create AI tools for clinical trials focused on brain and liver cancer.

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Smartphones could be used to help diagnose depression, study suggests

That smartphone you’re carrying around in your hand could potentially be used as a tool to help recognize signs of depression in patients and lead to earlier intervention, researchers with Stanford University suggested.

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Telemedicine use still rare among physicians

Telemedicine is a growing service, but its use is still rare among physicians, according to a recent research paper published in Health Affairs.

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Aetna, Ascension join blockchain project

Two more healthcare companies have joined a blockchain alliance project that aims to use the technology to improve data quality and reduce administrative costs associated with healthcare provider demographic data changes.

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AI researchers asked to contribute to new platform designed to boost drug discovery

Insilico Medicine, a Maryland-based AI company, is asking researchers to contribute to its new platform aimed at boosting AI-powered drug discovery.

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Stanford researchers use AI to diagnose autism from home videos

A Stanford University research team used machine learning to quickly and accurately diagnose autism in children through short home videos, according to a research article published in PLOS Medicine.