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How Patients Really Feel About Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
It seems that everywhere we turn lately we hear something about the promises and the perils of artificial intelligence (AI). AI is touted as a smart, efficient tool that can speed and streamline processes, analyze and manage complex data, and cut time and costs.
In the healthcare setting, it has the potential to be used to review and gather medical information quickly, screen for risk of disease and suggest diagnoses, provide second opinions, prevent harmful medication interactions, identify treatment options and clinical trials, reduce patient wait times, and much more.
Remembering Robbie
On Friday, October 20, 1944, Robert “Robbie” Roesler de Villiers was only 16 years old when he died from leukemia. Robbie’s parents, Rudolph and Antoinette, were stricken with grief and frustrated by the lack of effective treatments for what was then considered a hopeless disease. In his memory, the family started a foundation in 1949.
Blood Tests
When your doctor orders a blood test, he or she chooses from a list of chemical studies to be performed in a laboratory on your blood sample. These lab tests can provide important clues about what's going on inside your body.
If your doctor suspects you may have cancer, he or she may test your blood to:
Born with leukemia, Eevie beats the odds and turns four!
After Eevie was born, she was diagnosed with a rare form of childhood blood cancer that affects 1 in 5 million newborns. She was given a 17 percent chance of surviving to age 2. This month, Eevie celebrated her fourth birthday. Each year her mother, Brynne, has shared her progress on this blog (you can read those stories here).
The last year has been incredible. The first word that comes to mind is “freedom.”
Blood Transfusion
Blood transfusion using cells donated by healthy volunteers can help replace red cells, platelets and other blood components. Some people with leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma and other blood diseases or disorders such as hereditary anemias and aplastic anemia need periodic blood transfusions for several reasons:
More COVID-19 Questions and Answers
The ways we need to conduct our lives in the midst of this global COVID-19 pandemic is changing daily as more states are ordering us to hunker down, schools and businesses are shutting down or moving to virtual settings. We continue to hear every day from patients, caregivers and volunteers about how they should navigate their treatment and care in this confusing time.