Radiology work changes worth retaining after the pandemic

The pandemic has brought about many changes in the way radiologists work, and a paper in the Journal of the American College of Radiology suggests that six of these changes be retained beyond the pandemic: workplace safety; hybrid education that includes remote and in-person meetings; supporting equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives; flexible or remote scheduling for caregivers; preventing social isolation through a buddy or mentoring system; and remote interviews for residency programs.Full Story: Radiology Business (1/12)   

Online misinformation epidemic predates COVID-19



The COVID-19 pandemic brought the problem of misinformation to the attention of governments and health organizations around the world, but faulty health information was pervasive online for years, says David Broniatowski, associate director of the George Washington University Institute for Data, Democracy and Politics. Broniatowski and colleagues compared health-related messages posted on Twitter and Facebook between March and May 2020 with posts from March-May 2019 and found COVID-19 misinformation is only one part of a broader misinformation ecosystem.Full Story: The Hill (1/12) 

NIH funds Alzheimer's remote monitoring study



The NIH's National Institute on Aging issued a five-year, $20 million grant to Penn Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing to see whether artificial intelligence and remote patient monitoring can improve care management for older people and people with Alzheimer's disease. The Penn Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory for Health Aging will "identify, develop, evaluate, commercialize, and disseminate innovative technology" to help people age in place and keep them out of assisted living facilities.Full Story: HealthLeaders Media (1/11)



Coalition aims to resolve challenges to AI in health care

A newly formed coalition of health, research and academic organizations and institutions aims to advance artificial intelligence in health care. The coalition will showcase innovation, gather information on how AI is used in health care, develop best practices for the responsible adoption of AI, prepare students for data science and AI careers, produce white papers for the broader health care community, and host meetings and events.Full Story: MedCity News (1/13) 

Tailoring language closes communication gap

with patients

Precision communication, or matching language complexity to an individual patient's health literacy level, increases the likelihood the patient will understand and follow their health care provider's suggestions and instructions, according to a study in Science Advances. The findings suggest that physicians can and should adjust how they listen and talk to patients, health systems should consider how they train clinicians and use communication technology, and patients should ask clinicians to rephrase confusing statements, write study authors Dean Schillinger and Nicholas Duran.Full Story: The Conversation (1/11)