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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AI and big data research projects receive $5M to understand Alzheimer's disease

The National Institute on Aging has awarded a total of $5 million for two projects that will use AI and big data to better understand Alzheimer’s disease and other memory loss diseases.

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AI system designed to treat sepsis patients earlier

Massachusetts researchers have developed a predictive model designed to help physicians know when to administer critical drugs to sepsis patients before the condition turns deadly.

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Healthcare organizations join blockchain effort to resolve credentialing inefficiencies

Five healthcare organizations have joined a new effort to use blockchain to resolve administrative inefficiencies with professional credentialing.

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Amazon expands list of HIPAA eligible AI services

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is adding to its list of HIPAA eligible machine-learning services.

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Harvard Medical School receives $200M gift

The Blavatnik Family Foundation has pledged $200 million to Harvard Medical School, the university announced last week.

AHA.18: US government updates physical activity guidelines for first time since 2008

The American Heart Association and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the second set of federally recommended physical activity guidelines Nov. 12—the first update in a decade and one that heavily emphasizes the physical, mental and medical benefits of exercise.

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Athenahealth sold for $5.7 billion

After being courted by several bidders, athenahealth has been sold to Veritas Capital and Evergreen Coast Capital for approximately $5.7 billion.

Digital health platform monitors patients with machine learning

A UK-based technology company has created a new digital health platform that uses machine learning to help predict a user’s health conditions.