According to a preprint study funded by Kaiser Permanente, one of the major healthcare providers in the US, about 42% of the patients infected with the novel coronavirus will end up in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Data obtained from nine Seattle-area hospitals showed that mortality among those who
Recently, healthcare news website Stat and computation journalism methods platform AppliedXL conducted an analysis to examine COVID-19 related clinical trials registered on the US government database – clinicaltrials.gov. Interventional studies finding potential treatments or preventive strategies a
UK Research and Innovation and Cancer Research UK will be funding more than £11 million in a new artificial intelligence (AI) program for early detection of lung cancer and other thoracic conditions. Fergus Gleeson, Professor of Radiology at the University of Oxford will be the program’s chief inves
The highly infectious nature of COVID-19 is challenging grief and bereavement. In many places across the World, families are forbidden to say goodbye to their dying loved ones in hospitals. On the other hand, patients, especially those who are deteriorating quickly, are forced into the possibility o
Dissemination of best practice is often a slow process, especially in medicine and healthcare where quality and consistency need to be at the highest level possible. However, regardless of how meticulous or skilled individual clinicians are; when put under extreme time and resource pressures, or for
Recently, some hospitals have started deploying artificial intelligence (AI) to decide when patients should begin palliative care. These machines screen patients’ medical records to determine their chances of survival in the coming year. They will then notify their physician-in-charge via emails and
On top of frontline workers, data has also been regarded as a less visible line of defence against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, especially when it comes to answering tricky questions like “what is the best way to identify patients who are potentially at risk of coronavirus infection and result in
Cancer occurs in individuals whose essential molecular mechanisms in cells are not functioning normally. To facilitate the understanding of these pathological activities, scientists have been relentlessly studying tumor cells at protein and Ribonucleic acid (RNA) levels. That’s because RNA are the m
As medical facilities are closed for face-to-face consultations and non-acute procedures are put on hold to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, it has become complicated for individuals to find the kind of care they need. Patients with pre-existing but non COVID-19 related conditions, espec