Quality & Governance News

Sharing Medical Imaging Data to Enhance Care Quality, Efficiency

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Medical imaging data has always played a critical role in healthcare delivery, allowing researchers and providers to collect meaningful information for better decision-making. Since the dawn of...

Data Analytics Shows Little Gain in COVID-19 Vaccine Prioritization

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Using data analytics, a team of researchers simulated a representation of the COVID-19 pandemic in the town of New Rochelle, New York – and found that it may not be effective to prioritize...

FDA Releases Action Plan for AI, Machine Learning Medical Software

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The FDA has released its first artificial intelligence and machine learning action plan, a multi-step approach designed to advance the agency’s management of advanced medical software. The...

Artificial Intelligence Falls Short in Detecting Diabetic Eye Disease

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Artificial intelligence algorithms designed to detect diabetic eye disease may not perform as well as developers claim, according to a study published in Diabetes Care. Diabetes is the leading cause...

Machine Learning, Real-World Data Find New Uses for Existing Drugs

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Machine learning and real-world data could help researchers identify new uses for existing drugs, leading to accelerated drug repurposing, according to a study published in Nature Machine...

Why Interoperability is Key to Social Determinants of Health Efforts

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In care delivery today, it’s well understood that a patient’s social determinants of health have a profound impact on both physical well-being and healthcare spending – sometimes even...

COVID-19 Claims Enhance Real-Time Data at the County Level

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Change Healthcare and Carnegie Mellon University’s Delphi Research Group have enhanced Delphi’s COVIDcast real-time data stream with COVID-19 claims information. Since April, Delphi has...

Similar Factors Contribute to Racial Disparities in Cancer, COVID-19

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Racial disparities in cancer and COVID-19 outcomes stem from very similar factors, a finding that has significant implications for the public health sector, according to a study published in Clinical...

NIH Grant Supports AI Solutions for COVID-19 Testing, Surveillance

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NIH has issued a grant of over $107 million to fund innovative COVID-19 testing and surveillance methods nationwide, ranging from artificial intelligence solutions to home-based testing...

Filling Gaps in Race, Ethnicity Data Critical for Health Equity

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Filling gaps in race and ethnicity data will help support and promote health equity, according to a commentary written by Anne-Marie J. Audet, MD, senior medical officer at United Hospital Fund...

National Quality Standards Will Improve Social Determinants of Health

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A lack of national standards for social determinants of health quality metrics impedes progress, but a plan for setting nationwide guidelines could be the first step to nationally addressing these...

$4.8M Grant Supports Study of Genetics in Asian Populations

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Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have received a $4.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to study the genetics of Alzheimer’s...

Real-Time Data Analytics Critical for Improving Heart Health

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Real-time data analytics and partnerships between researchers and healthcare providers will help boost heart health, according to a report published in Circulation by the American Heart Association...

AI Shows COVID-19 Vaccines May Be Less Effective in Racial Minorities

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Artificial intelligence tools examined a kind of vaccine similar to new COVID-19 vaccines and revealed that it could be less effective in people of black or Asian ancestry, according to a study...

3 Big Data Governance Strategies to Combat the Opioid Epidemic

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As the opioid epidemic rages on in communities across the US, the healthcare industry has sought the help of big data to inform public policy and population health initiatives. While large volumes of...

Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Requires Data Access, Standards

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Data access and industry standards may help leaders eliminate potential bias in healthcare artificial intelligence tools, as well as improve implementation of the technology, according to a report from...

Demographic Data Analytics Informs Public Policies During Pandemic

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Researchers from UCLA Fielding School of Public Health have identified high-risk population groups in California during the COVID-19 pandemic using demographic data analytics. For more coronavirus...

Supporting Secure Data Sharing, Patient Privacy During COVID-19

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When COVID-19 began spreading across the US, the healthcare industry quickly moved to improve its secure data sharing practices in order to accelerate research efforts and treatment development. For...

Predictive Analytics Identifies Infants at Risk of Drug Withdrawal

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Predictive analytics tools could help providers identify infants at risk of developing neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) after being exposed to opioids during pregnancy, potentially reducing hospital...

Predictive Analytics Detects Genes That Accelerate Cancer Progression

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Using a predictive analytics tool, researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) were able to discover previously undetected genes that drive cancer progression, according to a study...