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 can accurately diagnose eye disease

An artificial intelligence (AI) system designed by Google's DeepMind and London researchers can diagnose eye disease as accurately as some experts, according to a report by the BBC.

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Tech giants announce cooperative efforts to boost healthcare interoperability

In another sign that technology companies are increasingly looking for ways to build out their businesses in the healthcare sector, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, IBM, Oracle and Salesforce have teamed up to address healthcare interoperability.

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Tech companies throw weight behind healthcare interoperability mission

In another sign that technology companies are increasingly looking for ways to build out their businesses in the healthcare sector, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, IBM, Oracle and Salesforce have teamed up to address healthcare interoperability.

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Teenager who escaped Mayo Clinic hospital claims ‘medical abduction’

Alyssa Gilderhus was 18 when she suffered a brain aneurysm and entered Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Surgeons saved her life, but her parents were dissatisfied with her care in the rehabilitation unit and wanted her transferred.

Blood test could help detect kidney cancer

A protein molecule in the blood could indicate whether a person will develop kidney cancer, according to a study published in Clinical Cancer Research.

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Industry reacts to CMS proposal to push ACOs into more risk

When CMS announced it was changing the accountable care organization model to encourage more organizations to take on more financial risk, industry stakeholders had a lot to review in the 600-plus page proposed rule.

New app aims to provide mental health services to black men

A public health advocate is set to release an app aimed at improving access to mental health services for black men.

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Writing letters helped curb physicians from overprescribing medicines

Writing letters to physicians who prescribe higher than average amount of a prescription drug has helped cut back, according to new research published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Around the web

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals. 

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."

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