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.

Dermatology researchers: AI tools soon to be ‘tightly integrated into daily clinical practice’

Healthcare AI watchers would be unwise to overlook dermatology, as it is a medical specialty “at the precipice of an artificial intelligence revolution.”

Medical statistician reviewing COVID AI studies: ‘Poorly reported … horrible’

As researchers have turned to AI for battling COVID-19, raising hopes and making headlines, the shortcomings of the studies have drawn the ire of numerous statistics experts.

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A breakthrough in treating blindness: AI helps scientists grow artificial retinal tissue

Researchers have developed a new AI model that could be a game-changer in the treatment of blindness and vision loss.

COVID a cunning foe even for determined, well-prepared hospitals

It’s a painful paradox that hospitals can help COVID patients recover while helping the virus spread—and not only to non-COVID patients but also to healthcare workers, support staff and even visitors.

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Role emerging for deep learning in online psychotherapy

A deep learning model has achieved human-level proficiency in three of five exercises, accurately categorizing verbal expressions from more than 33,000 talk-therapy patients who underwent their sessions online.

‘Human–machine hybrid AI diagnostic system’ rolls into Rochester

The Mayo Clinic’s flagship campus in Minnesota is installing an AI-powered patient triage and prediction platform.

‘Doomsday predictions’ about AI replacing radiologists are unrealistic, dangerous

People have been anticipating the demise of radiologists for years, speculating that AI will soon be interpreting imaging results with the precision of a seasoned veteran.

Nearly half of people use health tech to talk with their provider

Despite the growing number of patients using such technology, only 21% are talking with their providers about how to correspond digitally, and it may be hindering more widespread adoption.

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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.