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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Medical records, data easily found online through insecure networks

Sensitive information of more than 5 million U.S. patients, including medical records and data, are easily discoverable due to insufficient protections.

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Fujifilm SonoSite brings in Allen Institute’s AI2 Incubator

Portable ultrasound maker Fujifilm SonoSite has turned to the nonprofit Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence’s AI2 Incubator for help harnessing AI’s image-interpretation potential.

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ACC takes steps toward equal pay, opportunity with new guidance

The American College of Cardiology on Sept. 16 issued its first-ever health policy statement on cardiologist compensation and opportunity equity, marking the first in a series of ACC workforce documents that will reportedly address workplace equality.

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Novel AI approach shows powerful potential to diagnose Alzheimer’s early, easily

Machine learning analysis of Raman hyperspectroscopy—a technology used to measure the intensity of scattered laser light—has shown strong potential as a screening tool for Alzheimer’s disease when applied to an easily obtainable lab specimen: saliva.

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More female trainees, but still not enough women in cardiology

Women remain underrepresented in cardiology despite a growing pipeline of female medical students and internal medicine resident physicians, according to a Sept. 11 report in JAMA Cardiology.

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Medical smartphone apps widely studied for potential but not for actual use

There’s plenty of research into the diagnostic accuracy of medical smartphone apps created to supply clinical decision support (CDS). However, few studies have looked at how helpful these apps are in clinical practice.

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Why Israel is a testing ground for AI in healthcare

Israel is quickly becoming a hotbed for AI in healthcare thanks to new investments to combine digital health records into a giant system that creates true interoperability to maximize use of AI programs and data analytics, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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AI predicts oral cancer survival

The chances of surviving oral cancer can now be predicted from AI algorithms by measuring immune cells in tumors.