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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 Delivery, Digital Transformation, Precision Medicine, Remote Monitoring and Telehealth.

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Google canceled publication of chest x-ray dataset due to privacy concerns

Google was hoping to release a massive dataset of chest x-rays to the public in 2017, but had to cancel at the last minute after receiving an urgent call from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).   

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AI system for ultrasound-based heart scans receives FDA approval

Ultromics, a U.K.-based healthcare technology company, has gained FDA clearance for its new AI-powered image analysis solution.

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‘Incredibly valuable’: AI predicts life expectancy of heart failure patients

Machine learning can help predict the life expectancy of heart failure patients, according to new research published in the European Journal of Heart Failure.

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Sheba Medical Center aims to become world’s 1st VR-based hospital

Sheba Medical Center (SMC) in Israel has announced that it is working with XRHealth to become the first fully VR-based hospital in the world.

AI uses ECG results to predict death risk, irregular heartbeat

AI can identify patients at risk of dying—of any cause—within the next year or of developing an irregular heartbeat, according to two new studies to be presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2019.

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3 can't-miss AI sessions at RSNA 2019

RSNA 2019, the world’s largest radiology conference, kicks off at Chicago’s McCormick Place on Sunday, Dec. 1. This year's show promises to include more AI content than ever before.

AI-powered imaging solution from Hologic gains FDA approval

Hologic has received FDA approval of its AI-based solution designed to speed up interpretation times for digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) exams.

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Blast from the past: USB drives make impact on AI development

Working closely with AI has led researchers from one institution to embrace a familiar piece of technology that may surprise many of their peers: the USB drive.

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These health systems have the biggest digital health portfolios

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.

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Toylike robot pleases counseling clients where humanoid counterpart struggles to connect

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.

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Medsender, Patagonia Health team up to aid public health efforts against COVID-19

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.