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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RadNet announces new AI partnership focused on breast cancer imaging

RadNet has announced a new partnership with Santa Clara, California-based Whiterabbit.ai to improve mammography screening rates and breast cancer care through the use of AI and other advanced technologies.

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How AI, Twitter can improve our understanding of the opioid epidemic

Machine learning, natural language processing and social media can help researchers track the ongoing opioid epidemic, according to new findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Intelerad Introduces Odyssey Navigator™, an AI Workflow Orchestrator

Medical imaging service providers now can harness the power of artificial intelligence directly within their natural workflow by leveraging a new solution from Intelerad Medical Systems™, a leader in enterprise workflow solutions.

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New AI research could ‘shake up the field of cardiology’

It is traditionally believed that men and women experience angina—the pain associated with coronary artery disease—in different ways, with men feeling it in their chest and women feeling it in their arms and back.

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PathAI puts research platform to the test in 2 new studies

PathAI, a Boston-based healthcare technology company, has found that AI can help specialists quantify PD-L1 expression on both tumor cells and immune cells.

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$72M research network to focus on advanced radiotherapy techniques, AI

Cancer Research UK, one of the world’s largest charities focused on improving cancer treatments, has launched a new research network focused on advanced radiotherapy techniques, immunotherapies and AI.

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Researchers developing new AI-powered solution for diabetes patients

Researchers from the University at Buffalo in New York are working to turn a $200,000 grant into groundbreaking diabetes research.

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UTHealth to lead AI research project focused on stroke, diabetes

Numerous healthcare providers and technology companies are working together on a new research project focused on using AI to improve care for patients with subarachnoid hemorrhages and diabetes.

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.