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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Partners Healthcare’s new $100M digital health push

Partners Healthcare, an integrated healthcare system founded by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, has launched a five-year, $100 million digital health initiative to provide a number of new services for patients and boost digital innovation.

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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.

Around the web

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.