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-based tool maps fertility, hormones

OOVA, a Mount Sinai Health System spinout and diagnostic device company, is piloting an AI-based fertility tool that measures and monitors the concentrations of luteinizing hormone and progesterone—two key fertility hormones. The program is being piloted in collaboration with Thorne Research.

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AI app Google Translate helps bridge the language gap

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco found Google Translate, Google’s AI-based app, can help non-English speaking patients and their providers. However, it's not perfect, according to research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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AI screens for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder with 85% accuracy

A new machine learning-based system, detailed in the journal Frontiers in Neurology, screens children for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in a quick and more cost-efficient way. The system was developed by researchers at the University of Southern California, Queen’s University in Ontario and Duke University, and will be accessible to children in more remote areas of the globe. 

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Machine learning model designed to measure sepsis risk

An AI-based sepsis screening tool could better help physicians find patients most at risk of developing the illness after it outperformed other traditional screening methods, according to a study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

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Sepsis mortality likely unpreventable with better hospital care

Sepsis is a leading cause of mortality in U.S. hospitals. However, most of these deaths are unlikely to be prevented with better care in hospitals, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. 

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Cedars-Sinai launches Alexa pilot in 100 patient rooms

Cedars-Sinai, a non-profit hospital based in California, is launching a pilot program to outfit 100 patient rooms with a platform powered by Amazon’s voice technology, Alexa. 

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Shanghai Cancer Center, Tencent to streamline cancer treatment with AI

Multinational investment holding conglomerate Tencent is working with the Shanghai Cancer Center to establish an AI-based, big data laboratory to streamline the cancer treatment process, according to a report by Shine, a digital news organization under Shanghai Daily.

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Why CMS is pushing for interoperability

CMS, in conjunction with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), recently proposed new rules to regulate interoperability standards. The rules would impact healthcare providers and plans, and ultimately give patients better access to all their health information—for free.

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As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, said the clinical community needs to combat health misinformation at a grassroots level. He warned that patients are immersed in a "sea of misinformation without a compass."

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.

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