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.

CDS software improves patient outcomes as well as practitioner performance

Computerized clinical decision support has strong upsides and few to no downsides for both clinicians and patients, according to a systematic literature review. 

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Twin-engine AI speeds COVID patients through triage

Researchers at New York University have demonstrated an AI-based way to send COVID patients from the ER to the most appropriate care setting according to their individualized risk.  

3 ways AI can enable ‘earlier medicine’ across the care continuum

As its techniques and technologies mature, medical AI will increasingly be used to predict the health trajectories of both outpatients and inpatients. But how will it do at converting educated projections into preventative care?

5 easy actions to boost pediatric vaccination participation

One of the nastiest aspects of the COVID crisis is its possible setting of the stage for one or more pandemics to follow. The risk of such a scenario is heightened by the rate at which moms and dads are avoiding the pediatrician for routine vaccinations.

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HHS offers $2.5M in CARES Act funding to boost health information exchange during crises

Health and Human Services will award up to five grants as part of the program, with a Sept. 1 application deadline. 

‘Imaginative AI’ a strong diagnostic performer vs. doctors

Industry researchers in medical AI have demonstrated a “causal reasoning” algorithm whose diagnostic accuracy would place it among the top 25% of primary care doctors in the U.K. 

Medical educators: Appreciate AI’s limitations as well as its potential

Concepts from the art and science of deep learning for medical practice can inform those employed in the art and science of medical education.

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Does AI mean the end for breast radiologists?

Someone had to come right out and ask. Six researchers representing four medical specialties have done so, weighing the odds by reviewing a representative sample of the literature.

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.