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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Scale AI announces $3.4M investment in COVID-19 research

Scale AI is funding eight research projects focused on helping Canada respond to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, an investment that adds up to $3.4 million.

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AI-powered test spots early signs of glaucoma progression

The test may also have a second important use—improving the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

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Telehealth company wins FDA go-ahead on 2 neurodiagnostic AI applications

The FDA has cleared an investor-backed teleradiology provider to market two AI algorithms the company developed to flag certain stroke-associated findings in images from head CT scans.

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All-new AI tool lightens the workload for researchers studying COVID-19

An unlikely team at Berkeley Lab has created a text-mining tool that may help scientists of all disciplines tame and tap the presently blinding blizzard of COVID-19 papers.

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Is a COVID showdown ahead between Google–Apple and governments?

Governments around the world have their own COVID contact-tracing apps already up and running—and several U.S. states have indicated they like their own solutions just fine.

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AI helps radiologists distinguish COVID-19 from conventional pneumonia

A new AI model can help radiologists distinguish COVID-19 from non-COVID 19 pneumonia when reading chest CT examinations.

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New blockchain system from IBM eyes COVID-19 supply shortages

IBM has launched a blockchain-based network for healthcare organizations and government agencies looking to quickly find and hire alternative supply-chain sources during the public-health crisis set off by the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Healthcare AI a ‘potent tool’ in the global pandemic project

For champions of AI in healthcare, the COVID-19 crisis affords an unignorable opportunity to trumpet the technology’s current contributions while directing attention to its potential for helping fight public-health crises to come.

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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.