“Telehealth is now a household world,” said American Telemedicine Association President Dr. Joe Kvedar during his keynote address Monday, the first day of the virtual ATA2020 conference. For the past 25 years, Kvedar said he’s been explaining to people what…
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Cesarean delivery tied to clinical deterioration in SARS-CoV-2
(HealthDay)—Cesarean birth is associated with clinical deterioration in women with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and with an increased risk for neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission, according to a research letter published online June 8 in the…
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First clinical trial with genetically modified malaria vaccine completed
In an innovative study, Radboudumc and LUMC jointly tested a candidate vaccine based on a genetically weakened malaria parasite. The results of this clinical trial, published in Science Translational Medicine, show that the vaccine is safe and elicits a defense…
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Researchers at Mount Sinai use AI to detect COVID-19 in lung scans
Researchers from New York-based Mount Sinai Health System have combined artificial intelligence, imaging and clinical data to rapidly detect COVID-19 in patients. In a study published this week in Nature Medicine, researchers used AI algorithms in conjunction with chest CT…
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How mobile apps can help hospitals increase patient satisfaction
South Shore Health System prides itself on its maternity platform, said vice president of operational excellence Luke D. Poppish during a recent HIMSS20 Digital presentation. So when faced with middling Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems ratings in…
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Clinical trial launches to evaluate antimalarial drugs for COVID-19 treatment
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is launching a clinical trial for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The trial will investigate the effectiveness of different combinations of the antimalarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic…
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COVIDathon aims to develop open source tools to combat pandemic
Starting April 1st, the Decentralized AI Alliance and partners SingularityNET and Ocean Protocol plan to host an online, not-for-profit hackathon called COVIDathon. The goal is to bring together the decentralized artificial intelligence community in an effort to help find solutions…
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Blood test can predict clinical response to immunotherapy in metastatic NSCLC
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with higher measures of tumor mutations that show up in a blood test generally have a better clinical response to PD-1-based immunotherapy treatments than patients with a lower measure of mutations. A clinical trial…
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Injectable drug for faster healing of bone fractures prepares for clinical trials
One in three adults aged 60 and over suffering from a hip fracture dies within one year. Now, a Purdue University-affiliated startup is moving closer to the start of clinical trials for a novel injectable drug that is targeted to…
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