Research team develops AI platform to combat COVID-19, infectious diseases
Editor’s Note: A research team led by the University of Singapore has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) platform called, “IDentif.AI” (Indentifying Infectious Disease Combination Therapy with...
View ArticleAbbott’s new COVID-19 antibody test approved for use across Europe
Editor’s Note Abbott’s new COVID-19 antibody test that has 99% sensitivity and specificity has been given CE Mark approval for use across Europe, the April 29 Mass Device reports. The test is 99%...
View ArticleAI identifies COVID-19 in chest x-rays
Editor’s Note A new study from researchers in Hong Kong finds that the MAIL2.0 nowcast artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm, which was developed with concepts used in economics and meteorology,...
View ArticleMassachusetts researchers advance a novel gene-based COVID-19 vaccine
Editor’s Note Researchers at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Mass General Brigham, announced May 5 their progress towards the testing and development of an...
View ArticleAI diagnostic predicts COVID-19 without testing
Editor’s Note In this study, researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; King’s College, London; and health science company Zoe Global, Accra, Ghana; developed an artificial intelligence...
View ArticleSurvey finds patient fears may limit return to surgery
Editor’s Note As hospitals begin ramping up elective surgical procedures, healthcare leaders face significant challenges, the June 23 Becker’s Hospital Review reports. A market research survey by...
View ArticleResearchers design COVID-19 knowledge base, risk assessment tool powered by AI
Editor’s Note Researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science and Schmidt College of Medicine (all in Boca Raton) announced on June 24 that they have received...
View ArticleResearchers use AI to build COVID-19 predictions
Editor’s Note Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York, are using data collected from around the world by Johns Hopkins University to build prediction models that take...
View ArticleUS House of Representatives moves to expand the use of telehealth beyond...
Editor’s Note Leaders of the US House of Representatives telehealth caucus introduced legislation on July 16 to permanently open up access to telehealth services for Medicare patients, the July 16...
View ArticleAI program can detect COVID-19 in 1 hour
Editor’s Note The Curial AI test, an artificial intelligence (AI) program developed at the University of Oxford, UK, can identify COVID-19 within 1 hour of a patient arriving at an emergency department...
View ArticleConvalescent plasma treatment of COVID-19 patients decreases mortality
Editor’s Note This interim analysis from the eight-hospital Houston Methodist system showed a significant reduction in 28-day mortality in COVID-19 patients transfused with convalescent plasma within...
View ArticleJoint Commission issues new Quick Safety on telehealth
Editor’s Note The Joint Commission on October 7 issued a new Quick Safety that focuses on the use of telehealth to deliver patient care while preventing exposure to COVID-19. Other benefits of...
View ArticleResearchers use AI to diagnose COVID-19 in chest x-rays
Editor’s Note Researchers from the University of Minnesota and M Health Fairview are using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect COVID-19 in chest x-rays of hospitalized patients. The researchers used...
View ArticleAI tool detects COVID-19 by listening to patients’ coughs
Editor’s Note Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can detect COVID-19 by listening to patients’ coughs,...
View ArticleSupply chain strategies shift to meet pandemic-induced demands
Resiliency, a term that has cropped up repeatedly during the COVID-19 pandemic, is often considered a key defense against burnout. But it is also important in the context of the healthcare supply...
View ArticleNew negative-pressure ventilator to help treat COVID-19 patients
Editor’s Note A new negative-pressure ventilatory support device, similar to the “iron lung” used to treat polio patients in the 1950s, provides an additional treatment option for COVID-19 patients,...
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