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AI Pain Care Tool May Increase Access, Reduce Costs for Chronic Pain Patients

August 15, 2022 - New research published in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that an artificial intelligence (AI)-based cognitive behavioral therapy intervention for chronic pain (AI-CBT-CP) had similar outcomes to standard CBT-CP, which could result in increased access and reduced costs. According to the study, CBT-CP is an effective alternative to opioids for chronic...

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KY Health System Strikes Analytics Collab to Enhance Specialty Pharmacy Services

by Shania Kennedy

University of Louisville Health (UofL Health) has entered into a collaboration with population health analytics company Loopback Analytics that aims to use advanced data insights to enhance the health...

Huntsville Heart Center to Test AI-Based Cardiac Technology

by Mark Melchionna

As artificial intelligence (AI) use in healthcare grows, a new partnership between Artrya and Alabama-based Huntsville Heart Center aims to access the efficacy of Artrya Salix, an AI-based cardiac...

How Unified Patient Records Support Whole-Person Care

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Last year, Franciscan Health, a 14-hospital system with facilities in Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan partnered with Innovaccer to create unified patient records to support whole-person care. Whole-person care is a strategy that allows...

Ohio Cancer Center Joins Precision Oncology Alliance

by Erin McNemar, MPA

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center –Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC - James) have joined Caris Life Science's Precision...

Updated Diabetes Standards Target Improved Chronic Disease Management 

by Erin McNemar, MPA

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES) announced new updates to the National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management...

High-Quality Data Essential to Achieving Whole-Person Patient Care

by Erin McNemar, MPA

 During the second annual Payer and Provider Virtual Summit, experts emphasize the role of high-quality data to achieve whole-person care.  Whole person care is the concept that the best way to...

NIH Grant Supports Machine Learning to Improve HIV Patient Outcomes

by Erin McNemar, MPA

 The National Institutes of Health awarded Brown University grants totaling $4.6 million to support the use of machine learning to improve outcomes for patients with HIV.   Working...

Exploring Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Around the Globe

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Artificial intelligence (AI) is making a dent in healthcare in the US and around the globe, helping leaders in Europe, South America, and Asia improve outcomes and cut costs, dissolving key pain points...

How Broad Data Collection Can Eliminate Health Disparities

by Erin McNemar, MPA

With the use of broad data collection, medical professionals can provide better care for their patients and eliminate health disparities. However, as health analytics advances to improve outcomes for...

Using AI, Data Analytics to Enhance Person-Centered Care for Seniors

by Jessica Kent

Right now, there are more than 46 million adults age 65 and older living in the US. By 2050, that number is expected to grow to almost 90 million.  This means that in just ten years, one in five Americans is projected to be 65 or...

ONC Aims to Advance Machine Learning in Kidney Disease Research

by Jessica Kent

ONC is collaborating with NIH’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to apply machine learning and artificial intelligence to patient-centered outcomes...

How Artificial Intelligence Is Humanizing the Healthcare Industry

by Jessica Kent

Seventy-nine percent of healthcare professionals indicate that artificial intelligence tools have helped mitigate clinician burnout, suggesting that the technology enables providers to deliver more...

Strategies for Collecting High-Quality Patient-Reported Outcomes

by Emily Sokol, MPH

Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are direct reports from patients about their health, quality of life, functional status, and goals of care. The healthcare industry is placing an increased focus on...

UCSF Opens Precision Medicine Building for Adult Cancer Patients

by Emily Sokol, MPH

The University of San Francisco announced the opening of a new cancer building that will focus on making precision medicine available to patients. Also known as personalized medicine, precision...

AI, Consumerism Herald a Changing Healthcare Industry at HIMSS19

by Jennifer Bresnick

Not too long ago, “2020” was convenient shorthand for “sometime in the distant future.”  But healthcare professionals gathering in Orlando this year for the annual HIMSS...

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by Jessica Kent

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Johns Hopkins Nursing Launches Chronic Disease Management Center

by Jessica Kent

Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) has launched a new center that aims to enhance research on chronic disease management and develop comprehensive care plans for patients with multiple chronic...

FDA: Drug Development Transparency Key for Precision Medicine

by Jessica Kent

New guidance from the FDA urges drug development stakeholders to be transparent with their data as a way to maintain high quality and foster patient-centered precision medicine.   Innovative,...

NCQA Project Promotes Patient-Centered, Quality Care

by Jessica Kent

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recently announced that it will launch the Person-Driven Outcome Measures Project, an endeavor to enhance care quality and promote patient-centered...

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