Health IT Analytics and Population Health News

AI Prediction Tool Identifies Chemotherapy Drug Toxicity Risk

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Researchers from the University of Florida have created a predictive analytics tool capable of identifying acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients’ risk for complications from chemotherapy...

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...

Illinois Initiative to Advance Healthcare Delivery, Research

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Illinois State University and OSF HealthCare announced a partnership aimed at driving healthcare-based advances in research, innovation, and economic development through projects in clinical and...

AI Predicts Community-Based Opioid Deaths Using Social Media Posts

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Researchers from Stony Brook University have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that uses social media posts to forecast opioid death rates more accurately than methods relying on...

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...

Cleveland Clinic, IBM Deploy First Healthcare Quantum Computer

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Cleveland Clinic and IBM officially unveiled the installation of the IBM Quantum System One, the first deployment of an onsite private sector IBM-managed quantum computer in the United States and the...

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)...

ChatGPT Provides Accurate Information on Cancer Myths, Misconceptions

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In a study published last week in the Journal of The National Cancer Institute (JNCI) Cancer Spectrum, researchers from the University of Utah found that large language model (LLM)...

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...

Partnership to Support National Gastroenterology-Focused Clinical Registry

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The GI Quality Improvement Consortium, Inc. (GIQuIC), a joint collaboration of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), has launched a...

Socioeconomic Data Analysis Reveals Health Equity Barriers

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Researchers from Utica University recently leveraged socioeconomic data to gain insights into generational poverty and other health equity barriers that impact patients’ ability to prioritize...

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...

Google Shares Health AI, Large Language Model Research Updates

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At Google’s annual health event, The Check Up, earlier this week, the tech company provided updates on its health artificial intelligence (AI) research, including improvements in its medical...

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,...

UPMC Explores Machine Learning’s Potential to Personalize HIV Testing

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In a recent article published by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC), Sarah Wheeler, PhD, an associate professor of pathology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,...

NJ Population Health Data Initiative Approves Pilot Projects

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The New Jersey Integrated Population Health Data (iPHD) project approved pilot funding and the release of data for multiple research proposals addressing the project’s four top health priorities:...