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By Emily Olsen | 12:49 pm | February 21, 2023
According to a review of studies in the Lancet Digital Health, "a real risk of reidentification exists" when sharing data from wearable devices.
By Emily Olsen | 01:05 pm | May 17, 2022
Authors of the study said the results raise concerns about worsening health disparities, especially when models can detect self-reported race information where human radiologists can't.
By Laura Lovett | 12:43 pm | April 18, 2022
A new study in The Lancet found that a deep-learning algorithm was able to detect vision-threatening retinopathy with 94.7% accuracy. 
By Laura Lovett | 03:57 pm | April 06, 2022
A new study published in the Lancet found that patients using VR therapy had a significant reduction in agoraphobic avoidance and distress compared to participants receiving usual care.
By Laura Lovett | 02:15 pm | March 29, 2022
A systematic review published in the Lancet found that RPM for COVID-19 patients could help triage a patient's condition, but did not necessarily link to a better health outcome. 
By Laura Lovett | 02:34 pm | November 10, 2021
Only 1.3% of images included in the public data set included patient ethnicity. 
By Dave Muoio | 04:04 pm | July 12, 2018
An investigation published yesterday in The Lancet Psychiatry found that automated cognitive intervention delivered via sessions with a consumer-grade virtual reality headset effectively reduced individuals’ fear of heights, and was generally well received by those participating in the study.
By Jonah Comstock | 09:20 am | August 18, 2014
Remote monitoring of patients with implantable cardiac devices reduced the mortality rate for cardiac patients by 50 percent and improved their clinical status by nearly 10 percent in a randomized control trial recently published in The Lancet.