Health IT Analytics and Population Health News

Researchers to Propose Framework to Address Federated Learning Challenges

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A research team from the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering is proposing a novel architecture to address challenges that frequently arise when federated learning (FL)...

Johns Hopkins AI Collab to Boost Patient Enrollment in Brain Injury Trial

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The BIOS Clinical Trials Coordinating Center (BIOS CTTC) at Johns Hopkins University is partnering with intelligent care coordination software company Viz.ai to boost patient enrollment for the...

Federal AI Challenge Aims to Improve Patient Health Outcomes

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Launched by the US General Services Administration (GSA), an artificial intelligence (AI) challenge aims to improve mental health, addiction care, health equity, healthcare supply chain and safety, and...

ChatGPT Passes US Medical Licensing Exam Without Clinician Input

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Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and AnsibleHealth, a technology-enabled medical practice providing care to medically complex chronic respiratory disease patients, found in a...

Researchers Identify Social Predictors of Premature Death Risk for Seniors

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Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the University of California, San Francisco have identified eight social characteristics that can help to predict an older adult’s risk of...

Four-Year Data Generation Project Aims to Use AI for Critical Care

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After receiving a large grant from the National Institutes of Health's Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (AI), also known as Bridge2AI, researchers from the University of Florida (UF) aim to test...

WHO: AI Models in Mental Health Services, Research Require Evaluation

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Although there are potential benefits associated with using artificial intelligence (AI) to treat mental health conditions, many models require a review for bias, inaccuracies, over-optimism, and more,...

Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Predict Suicide Risk

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Researchers from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and Harvard Medical School-affiliated McLean Hospital in Belmont conducted a study assessing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to predict...

Machine-Learning Approach Aims to Optimize Rare Disease Diagnosis

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A recent study from Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (Stanford HAI) described the creation of a machine-learning framework, known as POPDx, that aims to enhance the rare...

KLAS: ClosedLoop Wins Top Spot in Healthcare AI Category

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According to the 2023 KLAS software and services report, healthcare IT provider ClosedLoop gained recognition for being the best in the Healthcare Artificial Intelligence: Data Science Solutions...

Machine-Learning Intervention Leads to Safer Cardiac Catheterization

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As reported in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, a randomized trial conducted by Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), the Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, and the...

Machine-Learning Algorithm Helps Monitor Movement Patterns in Infants

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After receiving a grant from the National Science Foundation, a group of researchers from Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas created a machine-learning (ML) algorithm to track the...

Machine-Learning Model Provides Predictions on Physician Turnover

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A recent study by Yale University researchers detailed the creation of a machine-learning model that can assist researchers in determining physician turnover, enabling healthcare organizations to...

Predictive Analytics Tools Accurately Detect Pediatric Autism

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A study published last week in JAMA Network Open describes how a set of EHR data-based predictive analytics tools can detect early autism using patient data collected before 1 year of age. According...

Mayo Clinic Platform Launches De-Identified Data, Privacy Partnership

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Mayo Clinic Platform, Mayo Clinic’s initiative to use data-derived insights to improve healthcare, and data privacy company TripleBlind have announced an expanded partnership focused on...

MN Health System Joins Research Network to Advance Precision Medicine

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Allina Health, a Minnesota-based health system with 12 hospital campuses and over 90 clinics throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin, has joined the Guardian Research Network (GRN) to expand its...

Predictive Analytics Tool Identifies Readmission Risk, Reduces Costs

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Corewell Health care coordinators shared that a recent initiative, which uses predictive analytics to forecast risk and reduce readmissions, has kept 200 patients from being readmitted and resulted in...

AI Algorithm Can Identify Potential Therapeutic Targets for Cancer

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In a study published this week in Nature Cancer, researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine described an artificial intelligence (AI)...

Artificial Intelligence Aids Providers in Maintaining Colonoscopy Quality

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A study published in JAMA Network Open found that artificial intelligence (AI)-based systems successfully assisted providers in late-day colonoscopy sessions, indicating their potential to improve...

Partnership Aims to Improve Health System Utilization Management with AI

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AnMed, a nonprofit health system serving residents of upstate South Carolina and Georgia, will leverage XSOLIS’ artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) tools to drive greater...