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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How Nevada is creating a public healthcare option

Nevada lawmakers have passed a new law that creates a public healthcare option, aiming to reduce costs and incentivize consumers to consider lower priced healthcare plans rather than none at all. 

 

AI helps head off shock in pediatric sepsis patients

Comparing four methods for predicting septic shock in children hospitalized with sepsis, Johns Hopkins researchers have found a newer machine-learning approach superior to an older one as well as to two conventional methods.

Tell me how you really feel: AI analyzes unbound verbal expression to personalize mental healthcare

Psychology researchers have demonstrated a way to finetune diagnoses of major depression and generalized anxiety disorder by analyzing freely elaborated thoughts and feelings using machine learning and natural language processing.

Aided by AI, a tiny device may offer nearly instant testing for COVID, seasonal flu

Researchers have developed a nanopore that uses AI to detect COVID-19 and other viruses in easily obtained saliva specimens.

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CVS Health updates rewards program

CVS Health has updated its ExtraCare Rewards loyalty program for the first time in 20 years. 

 

4 ways machine learning is fixing to finetune clinical nutrition

Clinical nutritionists won’t be left out of the medical AI revolution, as researchers are exploring use cases for augmented diet optimization, food image recognition, risk prediction and diet pattern analysis.

AMA pushes for equity in telehealth

In an effort to bridge divides in access to telehealth services, the American Medical Association has approved a new policy aimed at helping underserved communities and populations.

 

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31M Americans are covered under Obamacare

A record 31 million are covered under health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, the White House announced in a report. 

 

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The tirzepatide shortage that first began in 2022 has been resolved. Drug companies distributing compounded versions of the popular drug now have two to three more months to distribute their remaining supply.

The 24 members of the House Task Force on AI—12 reps from each party—have posted a 253-page report detailing their bipartisan vision for encouraging innovation while minimizing risks. 

Merck sent Hansoh Pharma, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, an upfront payment of $112 million to license a new investigational GLP-1 receptor agonist. There could be many more payments to come if certain milestones are met.