Patient Outcomes

AI Promotes Preventive Care For At-Risk Atrial Fibrillation Patients

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Massachusetts General Hospital, the Broad Institute of MIT, and Harvard researchers created an artificial intelligence-based approach to identifying patients at risk of developing atrial fibrillation,...

Data Analytics Connects COVID-19 Outcomes to Ethnicity, Socioeconomics

by Erin McNemar, MPA

University of California researchers used patient data analytics to determine if race and ethnicity-based COVID-19 outcomes disparities are associated with socioeconomic characteristics. Since the...

How COVID-19 Is Impacting Rural Population Health

by Erin McNemar, MPA

According to research from West Virginia University, COVID-19 patients living in rural areas who end up in an intensive care unit face a greater risk of dying, impacting population health. While the...

Data Analytics Identifies Health Disparities In Pregnancy Outcomes

by Erin McNemar, MPA

While pregnancy outcomes among women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have improved over time, data analytics indicates that racial and ethnic minority patients are still disproportionately...

Researchers Collaborate to Advance Machine Learning for RA Patients

by Erin McNemar, MPA

At the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) annual meeting on November 6, Hospital for Special Surgery researchers presented the results from the RA2-Dream Challenge, a crowdsourced effort to develop...

Data Analytics Shows COVID-19 Impact, Highlight Health Disparities

by Erin McNemar, MPA

According to a recent study examining data analytics, minority populations have been disproportionately impacted with higher rates of COVID-19 infection throughout the pandemic, highlighting health...

Data Analytics Promotes Patient Blood Management Programs

by Erin McNemar, MPA

A Mayo Clinic study using data analytics indicates that hospitals can reduce unnecessary blood transfusions and costs by implementing patient blood management programs. According to the findings, blood...

Health IT Vendors To Improve Risk Adjustment Capabilities

by Erin McNemar, MPA

A recent KLAS Research report used analytics to evaluate which vendors deliver the best risk adjustment. According to the report, there is a growing interest in adopting risk adjustment solutions....

Advancing Personalized Treatment For Throat Cancer Patients

by Erin McNemar, MPA

University of California researchers are studying how to advance personalized treatment for patients with HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer. The research led by Robert Chin, MD, PhD, a radiation...

Machine Learning Predicts Cancer Treatment Response

by Erin McNemar, MPA

The Georgia Institute of Technology and Ovarian Cancer Institute researchers are using machine learning algorithms to predict how patients will respond to cancer-fighting drugs. Advances in machine...

How Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Impacts Population Health

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Although young patients with metastatic colorectal cancer tend to be more fit and receive more intensive treatment than older patients, both groups have roughly the same survival rate. That is the main...

Breast Cancer Database to Support Personalized Medicine

by Erin McNemar, MPA

To develop personalized treatment solutions for patients with breast cancer, UC San Diego Health received a $2.1-million gift to launch a comprehensive breast cancer database. Philanthropists Richard...

Artificial Intelligence Capable of Predicting COVID-19 Symptoms

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University researchers created a new artificial intelligence-based tool to assist clinicians in predicting which symptoms COVID-19 patients will experience...

Data Analysis Reveals Risks of Prolonged Continuous Kidney Therapy

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Mayo Clinic researchers analyzing patient records found that individuals with acute kidney injury receiving continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) once are likely to require the therapy again,...

How Health Systems Implement Ethical Artificial Intelligence

by Erin McNemar, MPA

As artificial intelligence capabilities in healthcare continue to advance, regulations and policies need to be put in place to ensure health equality when exploring this new method. This past June,...

Improving Precision Medicine Accessibility Among Admixed Populations

by Erin McNemar, MPA

University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers have been awarded $11.7 million to launch the Genetic & Social Determinants of Health: Center for Admixture Science and Technology...

Building a Data Analytics Platform to Improve Efficiency, Outcomes

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Dayton Children’s Health Partners (DCHP) partnered with Innovaccer to get assistance creating a data aggregation platform to streamline efficiency and improve patient outcomes. DCHP is a...

Grant Promotes Chronic Disease Prevention in Latinx Populations

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Arizona State University was awarded $3.3 million to develop a community approach to improve the health of Latinx youth at risk for Type 2 diabetes and expand it to include entire families, a step...

SDOH Stress Creates Poor Breast Cancer Outcomes, Health Disparities

by Erin McNemar, MPA

According to a recent study, heightened allostatic load due to social determinants of health stressors are linked to a lower likelihood of completing chemotherapy and a lower overall survival rate for...

AI-Based Natural Language Processing Advances Precision Medicine

by Erin McNemar, MPA

To advance their precision medicine research, Washington University School of Medicine has adopted artificial intelligence-based natural language processing tools to assist in sorting their...