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Artificial Intelligence Shows Potential for Diagnosing Pancreatic Cancer

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Published in JMIR, new research found that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to diagnose, predict risks of, differentiate, and segment pancreatic cancer led to high levels of accuracy,...

ML Helps Stratify Adverse Outcome Risk in Older Cancer Patients

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A study published last month in JAMA Network Open described a new machine learning (ML) tool that may assist clinicians in identifying older adults with advanced cancer who are at higher risk of...

NIH Grant Aims to Enhance Artificial Intelligence Use in Healthcare

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After receiving $5.9 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), two researchers from the University of Virginia (UVA) aim to determine how artificial intelligence (AI) can support...

Wearables, ML Predict ADHD, Sleep Problems in Children

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A study published last month in JAMA Network Open describes how researchers combined data from wearable devices and machine-learning (ML) methodologies to help predict attention-deficit/hyperactivity...

ML Model Uses Time, Location Data to Predict COVID-19 Transmission

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Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have developed a machine learning (ML) tool designed to predict COVID-19 transmission using location and time data, according to a study published this...

NC Health System Deploys AI to Predict, Diagnose Lung Cancer

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North Carolina-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist has implemented artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics tools to help clinicians predict and diagnose lung cancer to improve early...

AI Shows Potential for Automating Hip Fractures Diagnosis

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A recent study published in JAMA Network Open found that machine-learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms could use radiographs to diagnose hip fractures with comparable accuracy to...

Artificial Intelligence Aids Psoriasis Severity Assessment

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Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based tool for the assessment of psoriasis severity in an effort to facilitate long-term chronic disease self-management for patients,...

AI System Detects Genetic Mutations in Cancerous Brain Tumors

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New research published in Nature Medicine showed that an artificial intelligence (AI)-based diagnostic screening system known as DeepGlioma can use rapid imaging to detect genetic mutations in...

Apple Watch, ML Can Predict Pain in Sickle Cell Disease Patients

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In a paper published earlier this month in JMIR Formative Research, researchers explored the feasibility of using the Apple Watch to predict pain scores in hospitalized sickle cell disease patients and...

Intermountain Healthcare Unveils Data-Driven Precision Medicine Company

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Intermountain Healthcare announced the launch of biotechnology company Culmination Bio (Culmination), which is developing an anonymized and de-identified intelligence platform that aims to enhance...

ChatGPT Capable of Answering CBME Microbiology Questions

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Researchers writing this month in Cureus have found that ChatGPT is capable of answering first-order and second-order questions in line with the competency-based medical education (CBME) curriculum for...

FL Health System Leverages AI to Streamline Utilization Management

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Florida-based Halifax Health deployed an artificial intelligence-based solution to streamline utilization management workflows across its three hospitals this week. The health system will leverage a...

Artificial Intelligence System Predicts Postoperative Complications

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Recent research published in JAMA Network Open found that an artificial intelligence (AI) system known as MySurgeryRisk used EHR data and input features to predict postoperative complications...

Case Report Demonstrates Potential Utility of AI in AFib Detection

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In a recent case report published in Cureus, researchers discussed the benefits and challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare while presenting a case of atrial fibrillation (AFib)...

Model Predicts Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Death in Preterm Infants

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A study published earlier this month in JAMA Network Open demonstrates that a newly-developed multimodal model using brain function information and other risk factors can improve the prediction of...

Almost Half of Health Systems Use AI for Workforce Issues 

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With support from Outbound AI, the Health Management Academy (the Academy) conducted a survey showing that due to common staffing issues within health systems, many C-suite executives are using...

Deep-Learning Tool Helps Identify Patients with Cirrhosis

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Researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have developed a deep-learning (DL) approach that can identify patients with cirrhosis using clinical text in EHRs, according to a study...

Predictive Scoring System Supports Brain Hemorrhage Risk Reduction

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A recent study published in JAMA Network Open found that patients with unruptured arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) benefited from a predictive scoring system developed based on several risk factors,...

NLP Tools Predict Cancer Survival Using Routinely Collected Data

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Researchers have found that natural language processing (NLP) tools can predict the survival of patients with cancer using their initial oncologist consultation document without additional data,...