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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IBM examines best methods to reduce bias around AI in healthcare

Biases in algorithms can have critical implications for minority patients, which is why IBM Research and Watson Health sought out to examine the best methods for addressing this problem.

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With added X-ray insights, AI helps diagnose heart arrhythmic disorders

The newly developed tool predicts the location of accessory pathways inside the heart that can cause irregular heart pulses.

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Cigna and Oscar Health offer new small business health plan

Health insurance giant Cigna has teamed up with technology-first health insurance provider Oscar Health to offer a new small business health plan in Connecticut.

AI teases out socioeconomic factors as personalized predictors of health

Researchers have used machine learning to predict wellbeing—not only objective physical condition but also subjective overall health—as a function of demographic, socioeconomic and geographic factors.

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Almost 40% of Americans delayed healthcare due to COVID-19

According to a recent survey from Insure.com, almost 40% of Americans put off some healthcare services last year.

Deep learning to improve immunotherapies for cancer, other diseases

Johns Hopkins researchers have used deep neural networks to draw important insights—prescriptive as well as descriptive—into adaptive immunity from massive stores of T-cell receptor sequencing data.

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How to make virtual healthcare personal

In healthcare, it is likely that an increased demand for telehealth will remain, meaning providers will need to continue ramping up their capabilities and personalizing this care.

 

Individuals with MS well served by monitoring with ML

Noting that multiple sclerosis now affects more people between 50 and 60 than any other age group, researchers have shown how machine-learning gait analysis can help personalize therapy regimens.

Around the web

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.