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.

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COVID lessons emerge from AI tracking of Reddit talk trends

U.S. healthcare leadership missed opportunities for optimally promoting public health fairly early on in the present pandemic.

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FDA clears AI software for early osteoporosis intervention

Notching its fifth go-ahead from the FDA, an Israel-based AI startup has received the agency’s 510(k) clearance to market software that automatically identifies signs of compression fractures in the spine.

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Record breaches soared 273% in beginning of 2020

The number of record breaches containing sensitive information is on the rise across multiple business sectors, including healthcare, according to a new report from Atlas VPN.

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$20M to help machine learning map the immune system

AI startup Immunai has announced it’s working to map the entire human immune system with $20 million in seed funding to push the project along.

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AI called the ‘perfect tool’ to flag signs of serious trouble ahead for new COVID patients

An experimental set of algorithms has achieved accuracy of 70% to 80% at predicting which of 53 COVID-positive patients at two hospitals in China would get the sickest.

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6 hurdles primary care must clear to begin leveraging AI

Despite the inroads AI has made into many medical specialties, the technology has failed to find a foothold in primary care. Why is that?

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Digital health a hub as HHS makes $5M available to COVID researchers

How has digital health contributed to the fight against COVID-19? What kinds of outcomes has it produced? What have been some unintended consequences of its deployment?

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New consortium seeks the ‘sweet spot of AI’ in the fight against COVID

Fresh off an investment infusion of $25 million, a tech startup has launched an ambitious virtual consortium to seek “breakthrough medical discoveries and actionable findings” for the global battle against COVID-19. 

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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.