Health IT Analytics and Population Health News

Health Disparities Tied to Gap in Rural, Urban Death Rates

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The gap between rural and urban death rates has tripled over the past 20 years, in part due to socioeconomic factors and rural health disparities, according to a recent study from Brigham and...

Bausch + Lomb, Lochan Develop Clinical Decision Support Software

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Eye health company Bausch + Lomb announced an agreement with software development company Lochan to develop the next generation of eyeTELLIGENCE, Bausch + Lomb’s clinical decision support...

Michigan State Cyclotrons to be Used for Precision Medicine

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Michigan State University, in partnership with Bold Advanced Medical Future (BAMF Health), announced the arrival of two cyclotrons to be used in the advancement of precision medicine treatments for...

Mayo Clinic Partnership Will Accelerate Artificial Intelligence

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Mayo Clinic signed a multi-year collaboration agreement with Visage Imaging, the US subsidiary of Australian company Pro Medicus Limited, to research and develop artificial intelligence in healthcare,...

Artificial Intelligence Enables New Colonoscopy Screening Method

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A new computer-aided polyp detection (CADe) tool powered by artificial intelligence will be used for colonoscopy procedures at Ohio State University, enabling early detection of colorectal cancer,...

COVID-19 Contact Tracing Had Little Impact on Population Health

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Contact tracing was largely ineffective in slowing COVID-19 virus transmission and improving population health, mostly due to insufficient interview responses, according to a recent study published in...

Children’s Hospital LA Awarded $2M for Precision Medicine Study

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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles received a three-year, $2 million grant from the state of California to conduct a precision medicine study screening children for adverse childhood experiences...

UPMC Starts Artificial Intelligence Company to Combat Chronic Disease

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Realyze Intelligence, a company launched recently by The University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences (UPMC), will use natural language processing and artificial intelligence to pinpoint...

Deep Brain Stimulation Highly Effective in Parkinson’s Patients

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Deep brain stimulation has sustained benefits for Parkinson’s patients fifteen years after device implantation, a recent study published in Neurology reveals. Study participants continue to...

Racial Health Disparities Impact Mortality Rates After Brain Injury

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Non-White and Hispanic patients are more than twice as likely to die after a traumatic brain injury, underscoring the impact of racial health disparities, a recent report published in Frontiers in...

Racial Disparities Impact Symptom Burden in Breast Cancer Patients

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Black women with early-stage breast cancer reported a higher symptom burden for adverse treatment effects before chemotherapy, but lower levels of distress compared to White women, according to a...

Precision Medicine for COVID-19 Shows Promise, Needs Improvement

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In a recent opinion piece published in JAMA Network, experts explored the use of precision medicine in treating COVID-19 and identified a potential pathway for defining COVID-19 subtypes. The authors...

NYU Langone Health Announces Home-Based Brain Stimulation Program

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NYU Langone Health announced a new virtual brain stimulation program, which uses transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to treat symptoms for various psychiatric and neurological conditions,...

Machine Learning Predicts Dialysis, Death in COVID-19 Patients

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Researchers developed a machine learning model that uses predictive analytics to detect a COVID-19 patient’s risk of death or dialysis treatment, a new study published in the Clinical Journal of...

Genetic Risk Factors IDed for Depression Can Boost Drug Therapies

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Using genomic data, researchers identified genetic risk factors for depression, according to a study published in Nature Neuroscience. The results show potential for identifying new drug therapies and...

Prostate Cancer Foundation Launches Precision Medicine Initiative

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In collaboration with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the San Francisco Veteran Affairs (VA) Health Care System, the Prostate Cancer Foundation will launch the Drew...

Salivary Protein Database Could Benefit Precision Medicine

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A new database could help researchers explore the complex nature of saliva, potentially advancing precision medicine, according to a study published in the Journal of Dental Research. The Human...

Machine Learning Model Helps Predict Clinical Lab Test Results

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Applying machine learning to wearable device data could help predict clinical laboratory measurements without a visit to the doctor’s office, a new study published in Nature Medicine reveals. The...

Google, HCA Healthcare Partner to Develop Data Analytics Platform

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Google Cloud and HCA Healthcare have announced a partnership to enhance data analytics and clinical decision support technologies at HCA Healthcare. The organizations will work to create a secure and...

Machine Learning Models Predict Gastrointestinal Bleeding

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Researchers effectively trained machine learning models to predict the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) within six to twelve months of a patient being prescribed antithrombotic drugs, according...