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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How deep learning-based natural language processing is changing radiology

Radiology researchers are turning to deep learning (DL) technology to make NLP even more effective—and it’s a growing trend that shows no signs of slowing down.  

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iFLYTEK donates AI technology, other supplies to battle coronavirus

Another AI provider has donated key resources to help healthcare workers currently combating the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

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AI screens for malaria faster than human specialists

AI can help improve malaria screening in low-resource settings, according to a new study published in the Journal of Digital Imaging. The model developed by researchers is as precise as human experts—and “several orders of magnitude” faster.

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AI, radiation dose and the ‘Holy Grail’ of high-quality imaging results

Radiology researchers have been spent countless hours seeking a dose-reduction technique that provides high-quality images while still limiting the patient’s exposure to ionizing radiation as much as possible.

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Microsoft launches $40M program to support nonprofit AI research

Microsoft has announced a new $40 million, five-year program designed to help nonprofit organizations and academic researchers develop AI-based healthcare solutions.

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Yet another key way AI could improve stroke care

Stroke care is one of the fields where AI research has made its biggest impact in recent years, and a new study published in Radiology focused on yet another way this evolving technology can make a difference.

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AI specialists contribute supplies for combating coronavirus

Group 42, an Abu Dhabi-based AI technology company, has announced its efforts to help healthcare workers battling the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak in China.

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How AI can boost colonoscopy quality in real time

Researchers out of Wuhan, China, have developed a new AI-based quality improvement system for colonoscopies, sharing their findings in The Lancet: Gastroenterology & Hepatology.

Around the web

U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.

When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.