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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Healthcare algorithm biased toward black patients

Racial bias has been uncovered in health algorithms, negatively affecting black patients, according to new research published in Science.

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AI helps manage ‘tedious, lengthy’ image labeling process

Deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) can be trained to predict sequence types for brain MR images, according to new research published in the Journal of Digital Imaging.

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Half of nurses and doctors feel burned out

Between one-third and half of all nurses and doctors in the U.S. are feeling symptoms of burnout.

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Amazon purchases digital firm Health Navigator

Amazon has purchased Health Navigator, a firm that describes itself as a clinical content partner and provides technology and services to digital health companies.

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Researcher working with AI to change breast cancer care forever

Regina Barzilay, PhD, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been working closely with AI technologies to improve breast cancer care ever since she was diagnosed with the disease in 2014.

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$1.5M grant to fund AI-focused lung cancer research

A lung cancer researcher from Dartmouth College has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to build and validate machine leaning approaches to develop better, more personalized cancer treatments.

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AI could help diagnose thyroid nodules

The combination of machine learning and ultrasound could help healthcare providers with the diagnosis of thyroid nodules, according to new findings published in JAMA Otolaryngology.

Biogen to seek FDA approval for Alzheimer’s drug

Biogen, a biotech company based in Massachusetts, is planning to seek approval from the FDA for an experimental drug that targets the underlying causes of Alzheimer’s disease.

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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