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.

AI professor who survived cancer turns talents to war on COVID

As an academic AI expert, Pascale Fung, PhD, dove into the scientific research when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. The time investment rewarded her with a depth of understanding that has helped shape her life as a cancer survivor.

Neural networks refreshed by virtual sleep

Researchers have found that spiking neural networks become unstable after unbroken periods of unsupervised self-training. Moreover, these “artificial brains” seem to restabilize after they’re given the equivalent of a good night’s rest.

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How AI is speeding up COVID-19 diagnosis

AI is stepping in to help speed up the diagnosis of COVID-19 and expedite how much time healthcare professionals spend determining COVID-19 pneumonia and non-COVID-19 cases.

AI takes aim at 158-year-old eye exam

It may be time to take a long last look at the vision exam that relies on a cardboard sheet of huge letters at the top and tiny ones at the bottom.

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WHO’s hydroxychloroquine trial will resume

The World Health Organization announced it will resume a clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 patients after the organization halted it following studies showing higher risks to patients taking the drug.

AI patient monitoring included in proposed emergency-response system

U.S. Army researchers are calling for the creation of a national emergency network that would coordinate select digital health technologies, including AI, in fighting COVID-19 now and other public health crises later.

American health IT giant working to launch AI research center in the Middle East

Cerner is partnering with 252-bed American Hospital Dubai to open a medical AI research center in the United Arab Emirates.

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The Lancet corrects hydroxychloroquine paper after backlash

The Lancet has issued four corrections to a research paper that found COVID-19 patients who used the drug hydroxychloroquine have a higher risk of death.

Around the web

With generative AI coming into its own, AI regulators must avoid relying too much on principles of risk management—and not enough on those of uncertainty management.

Cardiovascular devices are more likely to be in a Class I recall than any other device type. The FDA's approval process appears to be at least partially responsible, though the agency is working to make some serious changes. We spoke to a researcher who has been tracking these data for years to learn more. 

Updated compensation data includes good news for multiple subspecialties. The new report also examines private equity's impact on employment models and how much male cardiologists earn compared to females.

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