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.

Google Health makes like a PhD candidate defending thesis

Google Health all but invited the blowback when its AI developer-researchers suggested their breast-cancer model may be superior to radiologists’ eyes and generalizable across differing demographics.

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CVS seeking 15K healthcare workers for virus season, possibly beyond

The largest pharmacy chain in the U.S. is staffing up for fall and winter. It’s also calling for regulation that would allow pharmacy technicians to administer vaccinations in all states.  

Clarion call: Healthcare AI’s advance depends on AI developers’ transparency

If big data is to fulfill its potential for advancing the state of modern healthcare, developers of medical AI must be willing to show their work. 

Deep learning shows promise for cutting overutilization of lumbar imaging, surgery

Low-back imaging and interventions are often named among healthcare’s iffiest expenses due to the hit-or-miss predictability of the outcomes.

Top 20 states for healthcare access

Hawaii is the state with the best overall access to healthcare, achieving high scores for percentages of residents with a personal physician and children with a medical home while minimizing unmet needs for mental healthcare and doctor avoidance due to cost.

AI primed to play crucial role in the war on opioid addiction

Three machine learning algorithms have identified patients likely to suffer extreme pain following surgery with about 80% accuracy each.

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AI appears headed for the endoscopy suite

Nearly 90% of U.S. gastroenterologists are open to using AI for help performing high quality colonoscopies. And of these, 85% believe that computer-assisted polyp detection (CADe) stands to improve their endoscopic performance.

Cyberattack remediation winding down at sprawling health system

More than a week after protectively disconnecting all online systems in the U.S. following a Sept. 27 cyberattack, a multistate, two-nation health system is coming back online.

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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.