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.

Progressive, conservative-leaning groups harmonize for telehealth

The temporary telehealth reforms put in place to help the U.S. weather the COVID-19 storm “are good for patients and should be made permanent.”

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Machine learning models about as trustworthy as conventional means for risk prediction

When it comes to predicting an individual’s risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke over the next 10 years, machine learning models are no more consistent than traditional statistical techniques.

3 takeaways from an unfinished healthcare project at Alphabet’s X

Leaders of the venture, dubbed “Project Amber,” are open-sourcing their technology and findings in the hope that other mental health researchers can take things from here.

HHS’s updated health IT plan prioritizes ‘person-centered care’

If everything goes according to its authors’ vision, healthcare consumers will finally be using their smartphones to easily access all their medical information.

Up first for the Mayo Clinic–Google Health alliance: Better radiation therapy through AI

A little more than a year after inking a 10-year pact on digital healthcare development, Mayo Clinic and Google Health have launched their first major research project together. Interestingly, it directly involves AI.

Trophies to be defended: Top 10 vaccinating states last flu season

The three states of Southern New England will be looking for a threepeat of sorts this year, as they placed first, second and third for the 2019-20 season.  

$18M, 11-institution effort aims AI at unmasking Alzheimer’s

The bytes are accumulating far too fast for any human effort to connect whatever dots might be hiding in the massive muddle. Enter 40 researchers at 11 sites armed with AI and almost $18 million in new NIH funding.

US led the world in medical AI research from 1975 to 2020

Analyzing the scientific literature on medical AI published over the past 46 years, researchers in the U.K. have found the U.S. far ahead of the field for sheer quantity.

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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.