Health IT Analytics and Population Health News

AI Predicts Long-Term Patient Survival After Cardiac Surgery

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According to Mayo Clinic researchers, a novel artificial intelligence algorithm can predict long-term patient survival after cardiac surgery. The research team found an algorithm that previously...

Using Machine Learning to Enhance COVID-19 Prediction Models

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Using an advanced machine learning technique, Brown University researchers are exploring how to improve COVID-19 predictive models. “There’s an old saying in the modeling field that...

Artificial Intelligence, MRI Detect Early Signs Of Tumor Cell Death

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Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers found that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to detect early signs of tumor cell death in response to a...

Social Determinants Of Health Cause COVID-19 Health Disparities

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According to a study by Rutgers University researchers, social determinants of health play a significant role in who is impacted by COVID-19, creating health disparities. The study published in...

Diagnostic Tool Advances Population Health, Chronic Disease Prevention

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University of Utah engineers are developing a diagnostic tool for breast cancer that can be used more frequently and in younger patients. According to the engineers, the tool could significantly...

Data Analysis Helps Create COVID-19 Risk Assessment App

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Through data analysis, University of Houston researchers created a real-time COVID-19 infection risk assessment and mitigation (RT-CIRAM) system. With the high transmission rates of COVID-19,...

Studying Long COVID to Improve Population Health Efforts

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To improve population health efforts, the Icahn Scholl of Medicine at Mount Sinai will serve as the lead site of enrollment for two cohort studies examining the long-term effects of COVID-19. The...

Data Analytics Reveals Significant Drop in Cancer Screening in 2020

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In 2020, many patients delayed care due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the vaccine rollout and cases declining from last year, data analytics indicates that significant decreases in CT imaging for...

Artificial Intelligence Works To Identify How Diseases Alter The Body

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With artificial intelligence, researchers have developed a method for providing insight into how diseases or injuries change the body, down to individual cells. The imaging tool known as TDAExplore...

Machine Learning Tool Predicts Kidney Function Response To Treatment

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Using predictive analytics, researchers developed a machine learning tool to determine how lupus nephritis patients will respond to specific treatment options. Inflammatory kidney disease occurs in...

Data Analytics Highlights Health Disparities In Cancer Clinical Trials

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According to a data analytics study examining health disparities in cancer clinical trials, certain populations remain underrepresented despite attempts to increase participation. By including...

Artificial Intelligence Aids Colorectal Polyp Classification Trial

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After creating an artificial intelligence tool using retrospective data, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Cheshire Medical Center are implementing the technology in a clinical trial. The tool...

AI, Human Collaboration Improves Predictive Analytic Methods

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According to a multi-institution research team, predictive analytics thrives with input from both artificial intelligence and humans.  “Predictive tasks are ubiquitous — any...

More Healthcare Organization Focusing on Population Health Management

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According to a recent Digital Health Most Wired Survey, healthcare areas that have seen the biggest overall improvement are patient engagement, interoperability, and population health...

Missed Signs of Kidney Disease Impacting Chronic Disease Prevention

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According to Michigan Medicine researchers, physicians may be missing early warning signs of kidney disease when examining cerebral palsy patients, failing to promote chronic disease...

Population Health Disparities In Cancer Care Promotes Precision Medicine

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Mount Sinai researchers have found genetic differences between 14 tumor types in young adults compared to the same cancers in older adults. To address the population health disparities, researchers...

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Biomarker A Potential Therapy Target

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Boston University School of Medicine researchers have discovered a metabolic enzyme and pathway in some triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients. According to researchers, the hope is that their...

Machine Learning, Whole Genome Sequencing Detect Disease Outbreaks

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University of Pittsburg School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University researchers are using machine learning and whole-genome sequencing to improve the detection of infectious disease...

AI Promotes Preventive Care For At-Risk Atrial Fibrillation Patients

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Massachusetts General Hospital, the Broad Institute of MIT, and Harvard researchers created an artificial intelligence-based approach to identifying patients at risk of developing atrial fibrillation,...

Mount Sinai Prediction Model Scores Acute Kidney Injury Risk

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A new prediction model created by Mount Sinai researchers can score risks and determine potential contrast-associated acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary...