Health IT Analytics and Population Health News

Researchers Advance Cancer Drug-Matching, Personalized Medicine

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A research team from Clemson University has created an open-source model designed to help medical researchers build scalable prediction models that can represent extensive cellular interactions and...

Machine Learning Models Predict Liver Cancer Treatment Response

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A proof-of-concept study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology shows that machine learning (ML) models can predict tumor recurrence in patients with early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma...

Crisis Management System to Support the 988 Suicide Lifeline

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Healthcare technology solutions company Bamboo Health has developed a behavioral and mental health crisis system designed to support the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and improve care delivery. The...

Deep Learning May Improve Identification of Brain Tumors

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New research published in JAMA Network Open indicates that a deep learning tool trained to identify and classify brain tumors based on standard MRIs may aid neuroradiologists in diagnosis. The...

Artificial Intelligence Uses Patient Data to Anticipate Cancer Outcomes

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A study from the Mahmood Lab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital revealed how artificial intelligence (AI) uses factors such as patient history and gene pathology to identify and anticipate potential...

AI Tool Predicts Pre-Diabetes, Diabetes in High-Risk Patients

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New research published in BMJ Innovations last week shows that a machine-learning (ML) algorithm trained to analyze electrocardiogram readings can accurately predict pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes in...

Wisconsin Health System Implements AI-Based Automation to Improve Operations

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Wisconsin-based ThedaCare has partnered with artificial intelligence (AI) software company Qventus to implement the company’s care operations automation technology across the health system to...

Mount Sinai Strikes Genomics Partnership to Enhance Precision Medicine

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Mount Sinai Health System has launched a genetic sequencing project with the Regeneron Genetics Center (RGC), part of New York-based biotechnology company Regeneron, which will enroll 1 million...

AI Pain Care Tool May Increase Access, Reduce Costs for Chronic Pain Patients

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New research published in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that an artificial intelligence (AI)-based cognitive behavioral therapy intervention for chronic pain (AI-CBT-CP) had similar outcomes to standard...

NC Medical School Develops Digital Health Platform to Improve Stroke Care

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Researchers from North Carolina-based Wake Forest University School of Medicine have developed a data-driven digital health platform that could help improve health outcomes for stroke patients. The...

Mount Sinai Launches Data-Driven Medical-Legal Program to Address Patient Needs

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Mount Sinai Health System has launched a medical-legal program aimed at improving health outcomes and equity for patients in underserved communities by proactively intervening to address health-harming...

DNA Prediction Tools May Reveal Insights Into Fighting Genetic Diseases

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Researchers from the UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms capable of predicting the role and structure of DNA’s regulatory elements, which could...

Mayo Clinic Accelerator Announces Second Cohort of Healthcare AI Startups

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Mayo Clinic Platform announced that seven health technology startups will make up its accelerator program’s second cohort, which is focused on healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) development...

ONC Expands Health Equity Data Initiative to Standardize Patient Addresses

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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced that it will incorporate recommendations from the HHS Equity Technical Assistance Center (ETAC) into the next...

KY Health System Strikes Analytics Collab to Enhance Specialty Pharmacy Services

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University of Louisville Health (UofL Health) has entered into a collaboration with population health analytics company Loopback Analytics that aims to use advanced data insights to enhance the health...

Wearable AI Sensor Supports Personalized Health Data Processing, Analysis

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New research from the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) shows that a flexible, stretchable computing chip worn directly on the skin can collect and analyze...

HHS Awards $90M to Health Centers to Boost Health Equity Via Data Modernization

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The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded approximately $90 million in American Rescue Plan funding to nearly 1,400 community health centers as part of an ongoing effort to advance...

Stanford Strikes Analytics Partnership to Evaluate COVID-19 Health Outcomes

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Researchers from Stanford’s Center for Population Health Sciences will utilize healthcare analytics company Komodo Health’s data platform to support studies focused on health outcomes...

PA Hospital Launches Data Platform for Pediatric Cancer Drug Development

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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has announced the launch of a new analytics platform that will use pediatric cancer data to streamline and accelerate cancer drug development. With...

NJ Hospital to Implement Colonoscopy AI Tech in Underserved Communities

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New Jersey-based Hackensack University Medical Center has received funding from the Health Equity Assistance Program to support the installation of artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted colonoscopy...