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Lifestyle Medical Founder Dr. Wayne Dysinger and one of his patients in one of the practice’s unusual consulting rooms.

Lifestyle Medical’s RPM program shows improved outcomes during pandemic

By Bill Siwicki 11:56 am August 04, 2020

Not only have the practice’s patients’ chronic health problems improved, but those patients stayed connected during COVID-19’s stay-at-home orders.

Digital Health: Enabling the post-COVID-19 transition in cancer care

11:42 am August 04, 2020

Top among the digital solutions that can help clinicians expedite the delivery of cancer care are AI-powered decision support systems.

"The system either queries the expert to diagnose the patient based on their chest X-ray and medical records, or makes the diagnosis itself by solely looking at their X-ray," CSAIL researchers explain.

New AI diagnostic tool knows when to defer to a human, MIT researchers say

By Mike Miliard 11:39 am August 04, 2020

The system, developed at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, can assess X-ray images and diagnose some conditions, but also appreciates its own limits.

New model draws on hospital data to help health officials time COVID-19 lockdowns

By Kat Jercich 03:05 pm August 03, 2020

The framework from Northwestern and UT Austin outlines the specific inpatient admission thresholds to help authorities determine when communities should enact short-term shelter-in-place orders.

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CDC director: COVID-19 reporting change was made without agency's input

By Kat Jercich 01:39 pm August 03, 2020

Dr. Robert Redfield said during a House subcommittee hearing that he was only told about the decision once it had already been made by HHS.

Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora.

Epic EHR-linked telehealth skyrockets at Children’s Colorado

By Bill Siwicki 12:28 pm August 03, 2020

To protect kids, families and staff during the pandemic, the organization expanded telemedicine offerings, supporting a 5,500% growth in virtual visits in less than a month.