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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AI improves prediction of heart attack, cardiac death

Machine learning (ML) can predict a patient’s long-term risk of myocardial infarction (MI) or cardiac death, according to new findings published in Cardiovascular Research.

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Hospitals flooded with lucrative requests for health data

As more technology companies are working on healthcare solutions and developing new products, health information and patient data is becoming more valuable––and hospital executives are seeing a flood for requests, according to a report from CNBC.

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Prediction time: How will AI impact radiology in another 10-15 years?

AI continues to evolve at a rapid pace, with new algorithms and solutions being developed all the time. What kind of long-term impact could these technologies have on patient care?

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AI predicts breast cancer risk better than current techniques

AI can identify women at a high risk of developing breast cancer more accurately than existing prediction models, according to a new study published in Radiology.

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AI gathers important LV volume data from cardiac MR images

Machine learning (ML) algorithms can evaluate cardiac MR (CMR) images and provide accurate measurements of left ventricular (LV) volumes from throughout the patient’s cardiac cycle, according to a new study published in Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

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AI predicts dementia using EMR data

Machine learning models can be trained to predict chronic diseases such as dementia using electronic medical record (EMR) data, according to a new study published in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine.

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DOJ to investigate Google’s $2.1B acquisition of Fitbit

The Department of Justice will probe Google’s $2.1 billion acquisition of wearables company Fitbit, The New York Post reported, citing a source close to the situation.

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Groups receive nearly $2M in funding for cancer research

Oncopole, a Montreal-based research center, announced that five teams won the Onco-Tech Competition and will receive a total of $1.97 ($2.6 million CAD) in funding.

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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