AI In Healthcare

Artificial Intelligence Can Help Free Up Anesthesiologists’ Time in OR

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Artificial intelligence systems may be able to assist anesthesiologists in the operating room, according to MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers. In a special edition of Artificial...

How Machine Learning Can Guide COVID-19 Decision-Making

by Erin McNemar, MPA

As the United States continues to see high rates of COVID-19 hospitalizations, providers must make difficult decisions regarding allocating medical resources to patients who may need them most. While physicians can speculate about an...

UCI Health Aims to Improve Remote Patient Monitoring Via AI Partnership

by Erin McNemar, MPA

To support continuous artificial intelligence-powered remote monitoring of acute and post-acute care, UCI Health has announced a multi-year agreement with Biofourmis, a Boston-based global lead in...

NC Health System Enters AI Partnership To Improve Care Coordination 

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Cone Health, a nonprofit healthcare network serving patients in North Carolina, and Rad AI, a radiologist-led artificial intelligence company, announced the finalization of their partnership to...

Viewpoint: Pandemic Promise of Machine Learning Falls Short  

by Erin McNemar, MPA

With the recent advances in machine learning algorithms, healthcare professionals had high expectations for the technology during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, according to an analysis published by...

Newly Developed Artificial Intelligence Method Evaluates Vision Loss 

by Erin McNemar, MPA

National Eye Institute researchers created and validated an artificial intelligence-based method to evaluate patients with Stargardt, an eye disease that can lead to childhood vision loss. The AI...

AI Partnership to Reduce Emergency Department Length of Stay 

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Novant Health, a health network of over 1,800 physicians with 15 medical centers across three states, and Aidoc, the leading provider of enterprise-grade artificial intelligence solutions for medical...

Artificial Intelligence Collaboration Aims To Improve Alzheimer’s Care 

by Erin McNemar, MPA

The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing, the Perelman School of Medicine, and other departments across the university are working together to create the Penn Artificial Intelligence...

Using Artificial Intelligence to Identify Fractures on X-rays  

by Erin McNemar, MPA

According to a study by Boston University School of Medicine researchers, artificial intelligence can assist clinicians in detecting fractures on x-rays.  “Our AI algorithm can...

Artificial Intelligence Detects Pulmonary Embolisms

by Erin McNemar, MPA

 Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai demonstrated that artificial intelligence algorithms can detect signs of pulmonary embolisms in electrocardiograms (EKGs), improving...

How to Use Artificial Intelligence for Chronic Disease Management 

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Over the past two decades, the United States has seen a significant increase in chronic disease among the population. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, six in ten adults in the US have a...

Machine Learning Identifies Genetic Mutations for Spinal Disorder 

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers are using machine learning to study genetic mutations associated with spina bifida.   According to senior author and director of the Center for...

Education Partnership To Improve Artificial Intelligence Practices

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Moderna recently announced the launch of its Artificial Intelligence Academy. Partnering with Carnegie Mellon University, the AI Academy is intended to educate employees in integrating AI and machine...

Adopting AI to Improve Patient Outcomes, Cost Savings, Health Equality

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Healthcare executives are increasingly looking at artificial intelligence to improve patient outcomes, support cost savings, and promote health equality. According to the fourth annual Optum Survey on...

Artificial Intelligence Predicts Coronary Artery Disease Mortality

by Erin McNemar, MPA

A novel artificial intelligence score allows for accurate forecasting of death within ten years for patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease. Unlike traditional methods based on...

Machine Learning Supports Breast Cancer Diagnosis Predictions

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Michigan Technology University researchers developed a machine learning model that uses probability to classify breast cancer more accurately in histopathology images and evaluate the uncertainty of...

Artificial Intelligence Predicts COVID-19 Patients Needing ICU Care

by Erin McNemar, MPA

According to researchers, artificial intelligence could assist doctors in allocating resources during the COVID-19 pandemic by identifying patients who require intensive care unit (ICU) treatment. A...

Evaluating Chronic Disease Progression With Artificial Intelligence

by Erin McNemar, MPA

With artificial intelligence, University of Buffalo researchers have developed a novel system that models chronic disease progression as patients age. The AI model examines metabolic and...

Limiting Bias in Artificial Intelligence Tools, Personalized Medicine

by Erin McNemar, MPA

As more research looks to use medical data for artificial intelligence tools and personalized medicine, a new study shows how unintentional bias can impact design efforts. Additionally, the study...

Deep Learning Analyzes Genetics For Aortic Aneurysm Risk

by Erin McNemar, MPA

To identify patients at high risk of aortic aneurysm, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers used deep learning to analyze how genetics could impact aorta size. According to researchers, the...