Health IT Analytics and Population Health News

New Collab to Give Rare Disease Project Access to Data Analysis Tech

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Komodo Health announced it will provide rare disease patient advocacy organizations in the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s (CZI) Rare as One Network with analytics to improve earlier diagnosis,...

NC Health System Enters AI Partnership To Improve Care Coordination 

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Cone Health, a nonprofit healthcare network serving patients in North Carolina, and Rad AI, a radiologist-led artificial intelligence company, announced the finalization of their partnership to...

AI Collaboration to Create Personalized Healthcare  

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Health at Scale and Walmart are joining forces to produce personalized provider recommendations for Walmart associates and their families using artificial intelligence.  Health at Scale is a...

Viewpoint: Pandemic Promise of Machine Learning Falls Short  

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With the recent advances in machine learning algorithms, healthcare professionals had high expectations for the technology during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, according to an analysis published by...

Newly Developed Artificial Intelligence Method Evaluates Vision Loss 

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National Eye Institute researchers created and validated an artificial intelligence-based method to evaluate patients with Stargardt, an eye disease that can lead to childhood vision loss. The AI...

Can Artificial Intelligence Boost Mental Healthcare Accessibility? 

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According to MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital researchers, artificial intelligence could improve the accessibility of mental healthcare. The investigation was led by MIT Professor of Media Arts...

Blood Biomarkers Can Help Determine Post-Pregnancy Depression 

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Michigan-based researchers found that signs of inflammation in blood could predict and identify severe depression during and after pregnancy, promoting precision medicine efforts. By...

Machine Learning Tool Provides ED Clinical Decision Support 

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University of Minnesota Medical School researchers evaluated the real-time performance of a machine learning tool that supported clinical decision-making for emergency department discharges at M...

Data Analysis Reveals Genes Linked to Rare Respiratory Disease

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According to a large data analysis by the Indiana University School of Medicine, the rare respiratory disease called primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is more common than previously thought. The data...

AI Partnership to Reduce Emergency Department Length of Stay 

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Novant Health, a health network of over 1,800 physicians with 15 medical centers across three states, and Aidoc, the leading provider of enterprise-grade artificial intelligence solutions for medical...

Using Machine Learning For Personalized Breast Cancer Screenings 

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Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning and Health studied the use of machine learning to...

De-Identified Data to Improve Health Equity, Research 

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Truveta and LexisNexis Risk Solutions announced a strategic partnership that will use de-identified data to improve the quality of all health research and enable new insights on health...

Machine Learning Predicts C. Diff Infection

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According to recently published data from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control (APIC), several commonly used machine learning algorithms (MLAs) can accurately predict which...

IBM Agrees to Sale of Watson Data, Analytics Assets to Francisco Partners  

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Today, IBM and Francisco Partners announced a definitive agreement under which Francisco Partners will acquire data and analytics assets from its Watson Health business, multiple outlets...

Updated Diabetes Standards Target Improved Chronic Disease Management 

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The American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES) announced new updates to the National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management...

Using Biomarkers to Prevent, Cure Neurological Disorders   

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To better understand why so many individuals worldwide suffer from brain diseases, Cleveland Clinic has launched a new study aiming to identify disease biomarkers early, preventing...

Data Shows Population Health Disparities in Cancer Screenings 

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Data analytics from the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth Houston) indicate a decline in cervical cancer screenings. According to researchers, screening rates are the lowest...

AI Imaging Techniques, Clinical Data Improve Predictive Models 

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With the assistance of artificial intelligence imaging techniques and clinical data, physicians can improve predictive models indicating a...

Industry Leaders Announce Artificial Intelligence Coalition

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Leaders across healthcare, academia, and technology announced the formation of the Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation Coalition (AI3C).   The coalition will collaborate with...

AI Detects Cancerous Lesions in Mammography Scans 

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Duke University researchers have created an artificial intelligence platform to analyze potentially cancerous lesions in mammography scans and determine whether patients should...