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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Tech company, insurer partnering on virtual prescription assistant

Patients covered by CNA Insurance for long-term care will be getting reminders to take their medications via an AI-based app supplied by Groove Health.

Healthcare professionals want more tools, training to provide safe care

Nearly 2 million healthcare workers aren’t getting the tools and training they need to safely care for patients, according to a recent survey from the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare.

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Study suggests we’re closer than ever to a CVD polypill

A team of researchers in Iran, the U.S. and the U.K. may have cracked the code of the elusive polypill, they reported after finding their four-drug concoction effectively reduced adverse CV events in nearly 3,500 patients.

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Few healthcare workers get cybersecurity training

Despite a high threat of cyber attacks, few healthcare workers are actually trained on how to protect themselves and their organizations, according to a report from FireEye.

 

 

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New partnership injects AI into portable cardiac imaging

Terason, a portable ultrasound manufacturer based in Massachusetts, is partnering with DiA Imaging Analysis, which is headquartered in Israel, to bring AI to healthcare providers using Terason machines for heart imaging.

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Migrants in border centers won't receive flu vaccines from US

Customs and Border Protection will not administer flu vaccines to migrants held in border detention facilities, CBS News reported. The decision comes just weeks before the flu season in the U.S. is expected to hit.

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AI screens populations, subgroups for clinical depression

Machine learning algorithms can comb population-level patient databases to find individuals who might benefit by treatment for depression.

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Algorithm guides care of ICU patients at risk of acute kidney injury

Machine learning is no better than physicians at predicting acute kidney injury (AKI) in the ICU, where it’s a sign of poor outcomes ahead as soon as it appears. However, the AI approach can help mitigate physicians’ tendency to overestimate risks and overtreat low-risk patients.