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.

Psychiatry turns to AI for new help with an old problem

AI is poised to help settle an argument that’s been roiling academic psychiatry for more than a century: Are bipolar disorder and schizophrenia two distinct diagnoses—or points along a single continuum?

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Duke researchers present new vaccine to prevent all future COVID-like pandemics

Researchers at Duke University are working on a vaccine that has the potential to stop future pandemics by protecting against a variety of coronavirus infections that can jump from animals to humans.

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Amazon launches medication price comparison tools

E-commerce giant Amazon has enabled an online price comparison tool for customers to find and compare the expected price of their medication.

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Novel diabetes AI outperforms older algorithms, integrates with commercial EHR

A novel AI-based model for clinical decision support has bested established machine-learning models at predicting how patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus will respond to various categories of therapeutic drugs.

Walmart acquires telehealth provider MeMD

Walmart is advancing its healthcare capabilities with the acquisition of telehealth provider MeMD.

Cancers of unknown origin give it up to pathology AI

Researchers have developed an AI system that can differentiate primary tumors from metastatic lookalikes on routine histology slides while also helping pinpoint the sites from which the cancer sprung.

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The rising cancer crisis in year two of COVID-19

The fear of exposure to COVID-19 coupled with the temporary shutdown of non-emergency health services put millions of people off routine healthcare screenings. Now, in the second year of the pandemic, a wave of cancer diagnoses is revealing a new crisis.

 

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AI picks the right test for chest pain

Yale researchers have demonstrated a machine learning tool for choosing between coronary imaging and stress testing in patients who present with suspected coronary artery disease.  

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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.