AI In Healthcare

Kaiser Permanente Launches Grant Program for AI, ML in Healthcare

by Shania Kennedy

The Permanente Medical Group launched the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research (KP-DOR) Augmented Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare Initiative (AIM-HI) Coordinating Center,...

Artificial Intelligence May Be ‘Threat’ to Human Health, Experts Warn

by Shania Kennedy

In a recent analysis published in BMJ Global Health, an international group of researchers and public health experts have argued that artificial intelligence (AI) and artificial general intelligence...

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Support Medication Adherence

by Shania Kennedy

Medication adherence remains a persistent, complex challenge for the healthcare industry as drug costs rise and prescription adherence rates sink. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that adherence to prescribed...

Researchers Develop AI Feedback Tool to Improve Surgeon Performance

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of Southern California (USC) Keck School of Medicine have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system designed...

VA Primary Care Group Expands Artificial Intelligence Partnership

by Shania Kennedy

Virginia-based CVFP Medical Group and medical artificial intelligence (AI) company Navina have expanded their partnership, which aims to improve provider experience, clinical outcomes, and value-based...

MIT, Philips Expand Dataset for Health AI Development

by Shania Kennedy

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and health technology company Philips announced an expansion to their critical care dataset at HIMSS 2023 earlier this week, giving researchers access to...

University of Florida Health Announces AI-Driven Radiology Initiative

by Shania Kennedy

University of Florida (UF) Health and Nuance Communications Inc., a Microsoft company, have launched a collaboration aimed at leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to make radiologists’ work...

Google Shares Progress on Generative AI Initiatives

by Shania Kennedy

This week, Google provided progress updates on multiple of the company’s healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives, including an announcement that its medical large language model...

Microsoft Shares Healthcare AI, Cloud Updates

by Shania Kennedy

In a feature release for Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare published this week, the company shared updates for its Azure AI Services for Health offerings aimed at social determinants of health (SDOH)...

Duke Health Announces AI-Driven Healthcare Transformation Collab

by Shania Kennedy

Duke Health and analytics company SAS announced that they have formalized a letter of intent to explore artificial intelligence (AI)- and cloud-driven healthcare solutions. According to the press...

Cedars-Sinai AI Tool Accurately Assesses, Diagnoses Cardiac Function

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Cedars-Sinai have shown that an artificial intelligence (AI) tool’s performance was superior to that of sonographers when assessing and diagnosing cardiac function, according to...

Coalition for Health AI Releases Blueprint for Trustworthy AI in Healthcare

by Shania Kennedy

The Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) released its ‘Blueprint for Trustworthy AI Implementation Guidance and Assurance for Healthcare’ this week, which outlines recommendations to increase...

FDA Releases AI/ML-Enabled Medical Device Modification Guidance

by Shania Kennedy

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released new draft guidance last week proposing an approach to ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)-enabled devices can be safely...

NC Health System Deploys AI to Predict, Diagnose Lung Cancer

by Shania Kennedy

North Carolina-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist has implemented artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics tools to help clinicians predict and diagnose lung cancer to improve early...

Artificial Intelligence Aids Psoriasis Severity Assessment

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based tool for the assessment of psoriasis severity in an effort to facilitate long-term chronic disease self-management for patients,...

How AI, Digital Screening Tools Can Help Flag Early Cognitive Decline

by Shania Kennedy

Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD) present a challenge for clinicians as the disease burden and toll on individuals, caregivers, and health systems rise. Currently, the National Institute of...

ChatGPT Capable of Answering CBME Microbiology Questions

by Shania Kennedy

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

by Shania Kennedy

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...

Case Report Demonstrates Potential Utility of AI in AFib Detection

by Shania Kennedy

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

by Shania Kennedy

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)...