AI screens patients for clinical trials with greater accuracy than staff
Jun 20, 2024
In addition to enhanced performance, automated screening cuts costs.
More than 200 insulin pump users injured after app causes malfunction
May 09, 2024
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a Class 1 recall — its most urgent kind — for an IOS app linked to a specific kind of insulin pump used by people with diabetes.
AI can improve identification of social determinants of health in EHRs
Jan 12, 2024
93.8% of patients with adverse social determinants of health were identified with large language models.
Online breathing program can up mental health-related quality of life in long COVID
May 03, 2022
Significant improvement was seen in the mental health composite score but not in physical composite score of health-related quality of life.
US surgeon general announces national plan to fight ‘loneliness epidemic’
May 02, 2023
Loneliness can lead to pain, depression and shorter life spans in older adults and can impact sleep, inflammation and the immune system in younger adults.
mHealth-delivered coaching cuts blood glucose levels in patients with diabetes
Oct 03, 2023
The authors say such interventions may reduce racial and ethnic disparities in diabetes outcomes.
Poll: Health app use low among older adults
Feb 15, 2022
Younger respondents (aged 50 to 64 years) were more likely than those 65 years and older to have ever used a health app.
Wearables detect physiologic changes at COVID-19 symptom onset
Apr 22, 2022
Alterations were seen in basal heart rate, heart rate response to physical activity, circadian variation in heart rate and autocorrelation of heart rate.
Palliative telecare team aids QOL, health status for chronic conditions
Jan 23, 2024
The findings were for veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure or interstitial lung disease.
ChatGPT performs well in answering genetic testing questions
Mar 22, 2024
ChatGPT performance was equally accurate for fact-based and counseling-type questions regarding gynecologic cancers.