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Researchers Develop ML Tool for Studying Characteristics of Single Cells

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Researchers from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) developed new machine-learning (ML) software to analyze multiple characteristics...

Researchers Assess ML Algorithm for Undiagnosed Dementia Detection

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A group of researchers is conducting the Digital Detection of Dementia study that will evaluate the use of an artificial intelligence (AI)-based machine-learning (ML) algorithm that uses natural...

Retraining Improves Performance of ICU Predictive Analytics Model

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In a study published in Critical Care Medicine, researchers found that retraining and recalibration of a machine learning (ML)-based clinical decision support tool to predict readmission or death...

Foundation Models Could Help Advance AI in Healthcare

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In a blog post published last week, experts from Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) discussed the opportunities provided by foundation models for AI...

Artificial Intelligence Tool May Improve IVF Embryo Selection

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Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can non-invasively identify in vitro fertilized embryos with aneuploidy, or an abnormal number of...

Using Social Determinants of Health Data in Machine Learning Reduced Bias

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Published in Circulation: Heart Failure, a recent study conducted by Northwestern Medicine researchers found that adding social determinants of health (SDOH) data into machine learning models led to...

Machine-Learning Models Predict 6-Month Ovarian Cancer Mortality

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A study published this month in Scientific Reports found that an ensemble of machine-learning (ML) models can accurately predict six-month ovarian cancer mortality using patient-reported outcome data,...

AI Model Can Help Detect Collapsed Lung Using Chest X-rays

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A new study published last week in JAMA Network Open shows that an artificial intelligence (AI) model can accurately detect simple and tension pneumothorax on chest radiographs. According to Mayo...

UPMC Deploys AI-Powered Prostate Cancer Diagnostic

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The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Ibex Medical Analytics announced a partnership focused on leveraging Ibex’s artificial intelligence (AI) solution, Galen Prostate, to...

Machine-Learning Models Can Help Predict COVID-19 Test Results

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In a study published this month in Smart Health, Florida Atlantic University (FAU) researchers used machine learning (ML)-based predictive analytics to evaluate the correlation between serology and...

Researchers Use ML to Predict Diet, Chronic Disease Risk

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Led by a Michigan Medicine cardiologist, a recent study found that a novel method using machine learning and molecular profiling can be leveraged to create blood-based dietary signatures that can...

TN Health System Strikes Partnership to Deploy AI-Driven Virtual Nursing

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Tennessee-based Ardent Health Services and software company care.ai have announced a partnership to implement the company’s Virtual Nursing platform at Lovelace Medical Center, Ardent’s...

All of Us Research Program Returns Genetic Results to Participants

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The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) All of Us Research Program announced that it has begun returning personalized health-related DNA results to more than 155,000 participants, detailing each...

New AI-Based Imaging Method Can Detect Changes in Heart Function

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Researchers from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (Rutgers RWJMS) and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) found that a new ultrasonic imaging method based on artificial...

Deep-Learning Mammography Models at Risk of Poor Generalizability

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A study published last month in JAMA Network Open found that a previously validated, high-performing ensemble of deep-learning (DL) models for automated mammography interpretation did not generalize to...

Researchers to Develop Machine-Learning System to Automate Insulin Delivery

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Researchers from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) have received a $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a machine-learning (ML) tool for automated insulin...

Coalition for Health AI Unveils Draft Blueprint for Ethical AI Implementation

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The Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) has published a draft of its ‘Blueprint for Trustworthy AI Implementation Guidance and Assurance for Healthcare,’ which outlines recommendations for...

Wastewater Monitoring Tool Tracks COVID-19 Trends, Public Health Threats

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Researchers from Arizona State University and personnel from the city of Tempe, Arizona, have showcased the potential utility of a wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) tool to provide health hazard...

CDC Analytics Partnership Aims to Advance Public Health Preparedness

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and software company Palantir Technologies Inc. announced a renewal of the organizations’ partnership to modernize the US public health...

Predictive Analytics-Based Disease Management Outreach Reduces Spending

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A study recently published in the American Journal of Managed Care found that compared with a non-predictive algorithm-driven disease management (DM) program, a disease management outreach program...