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 proves as good as physicians at interpreting medical images

A meta-analysis of 14 studies has shown AI algorithms correctly diagnose diseases in medical imaging around 87% of the time while ruling out specific diseases with 93% accuracy.

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Machine learning can read cardiac MRI scans––fast

Machine learning can read cardiac MRIs with the same accuracy as a physician, with much higher speed, according to a recent study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging and reported by Cardiovascular Business.

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Humana’s digital health hub ramping up new projects

Health insurance giant Humana is hoping to make its new digital health hub in Boston look and feel like a technology startup.

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Deep learning improves vision care with superior image analysis

Deep-learning analysis of eye scans has proven superior to conventional analysis of the same images for the task of detecting and tracking vision diseases like glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration.

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Brain-computer interface set for clinical trial in people with paralysis

Researchers in Australia are about to begin testing, in humans, a brain-computer interface created to restore communication in people with severe paralysis.  

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Lung disease illnesses, deaths linked e-cigarettes continue to rise

The number of lung injury cases reported from around the country has risen to 530, according to the CDC’s latest update. The number of reported deaths has been upped to seven, as of September 19.

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AHIMA19: Optimizing revenue cycle management for 2020

With patients seeing higher medical bills than ever and healthcare costs continuing to rise, healthcare organizations need to stay on top of the revenue cycle to ensure they can capture payments and be prepared for changes in 2020.

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AI improves Cochlear implant placement

Auditory specialists placing Cochlear implants in hearing-impaired patients may position the devices better with an assist from AI than with conventional methods. 

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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