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.

Thumbnail

How well do we really want AI to know our minds?

AI is enabling healthcare workers to understand people’s moods with a level of accuracy that may be as unnerving as it is exciting.

Thumbnail

AI powers patients through home-based PT following total hip replacement

Following total hip replacement, patients are well-served with AI-powered biofeedback that helps them rehab safely and effectively at home with occasional monitoring by a remote physical therapist.

Thumbnail

Young Brit doctor creates app, nudges NHS along on AI

A junior doctor in the U.K. is driving the development of a smartphone app that lets healthcare providers jettison their legacy pagers to communicate just as quickly but much more thoroughly and productively.

Thumbnail

Google Assistant tops AI-powered devices for medication help

More adults are utilizing voice assistant devices powered by AI to help with their medication management, but not all devices are the same. According to new research published in Nature, Google Assistant outpaces its peers, including Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri voice assistants.

Thumbnail

Journo leaders in the UK warn on old regulations for new healthcare AI

The Financial Times of London is calling for caution—along with standardized and modernized regulation—around AI in healthcare.

Thumbnail

AI wearables will only live up to the hype if patients like the tech

AI in healthcare and wearables are buzzy words in the sector, but not all patients are on board with injecting biometric monitoring devices (BMDs) into their daily lives. And that non-acceptance could prove problematic for the future of these devices and other AI-based tools, according to a recent study from French researchers with Université Paris Descartes.

Thumbnail

Algorithm unmasks bugs bearing diseases

Health officials south of the border may soon be able to fight a nasty disease using just their smartphones and an AI tool for reverse image searches.

Thumbnail

Civica Rx partners with Vizient to address drug shortages

A not-for-profit drug company startup founded by health foundations and providers, Civica Rx, has teamed up with analytics and advisory company Vizient to address drug shortages.

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.

Trimed Popup
Trimed Popup