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.

COVID-19 coronavirus

Growing library of literature on COVID-focused AI found wanting for usefulness

Academic researchers in the U.K. have completed a systematic review of 62 representative studies on the use of AI for COVID-19 diagnostics and prognostics on X-rays and CT scans. Their findings may strike some as a setback.  

Deep learning detects, annotates epileptic seizures on scant EEG data

Researchers have demonstrated that deep learning models can help neurologists interpret epileptic episodes during and between seizures from relatively few scalp electroencephalography (EEG) readings.

AI guides therapeutic decisions for dialysis patients

Researchers have developed an AI-based system that can direct the administering of iron and other red-blood-cell stimulators nearly as well as experienced physicians.

Amazon expands telehealth services beyond employees

Amazon is launching its healthcare business, Amazon Care, across the U.S., expanding its telehealth services beyond its own employees.

Racial, ethnic disparities ranked No. 1 patient-safety issue of the year

Preparedness for pandemic response is only the third most pressing patient-safety concern in 2021, according to the ECRI Institute.

Explainable AI for breast cancer shows multidisciplinary logic ‘pixel by pixel’

The advance represents the first cancer-care pathway offering an automatically combined analysis of morphological, molecular and histological data. 

Telehealth claims surged in 2020

Telehealth claim lines rose 2,817% from December 2019 to December 2020, according to a new report that revealed how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how healthcare is delivered and consumed.

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Many elderly Americans don’t understand their Medicare plans

About one-quarter of elderly Americans don’t fully understand their Medicare Advantage or Medicare Supplement plans, according to a new survey.

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.