COVID-19

What hospitals are doing to make patients feel comfortable coming back

By Hailey Mensick for Healthcare Dive Health systems, facing steep shortfalls after their most lucrative business lines ground to a halt in March when the COVID-19 pandemic intensified in the U.S., are turning to the task of convincing patients it’s safe to come back. Surveys show people are not in a hurry to return. The…

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Researchers at Mount Sinai use AI to detect COVID-19 in lung scans

By Kat Jerich for Healthcare IT News 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 scans and patient history to quickly diagnose patients who…

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10 cities most, least likely to bounce back from pandemic, per Moody’s Analytics

Anuja Vaidya for Becker’s Hospital Review Boise, Idaho, and Denver are among the U.S. cities with the best potential for recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, while Detroit and Los Angeles are among the cities that will struggle the most to recover, a new analysis shows, according to Forbes. The analysis, from Moody’s Analytics, considered…

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