Artificial Intelligence

UCLA Releases Public-Access Surgical Outcomes Database for AI Training

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of California, Irvine (UCI) have developed a repository of surgical outcomes data to help the medical research...

WHO Releases Governance Guidelines for Generative Artificial Intelligence

by Shania Kennedy

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidance on the governance of large multi-modal models (LMMs) – a type of generative artificial intelligence (AI) – in healthcare. The...

Predictive Models for Personalized Medicine Have Limited Generalizability

by Shania Kennedy

Yale researchers have found that the predictive algorithms used to forecast treatment efficacy and guide personalized medicine efforts have limited effectiveness when generalized to patient cohorts...

AI-Driven Eye Exams May Increase Screening Rates Among Diabetic Youth

by Shania Kennedy

A research team from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center has found that an autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) tool to screen youth populations for diabetic eye disease (DED) can also increase...

Deep Learning Tool May Help Detect Pediatric Rheumatic Heart Disease

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Children’s National Hospital have developed a deep learning (DL) to detect latent rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in children, which may improve case identification and treatment...

University of Massachusetts DL Model to Predict Alzheimer’s Onset

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst have received a two-year, $278,118 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to build deep learning models for the early...

Exploring the National Academy of Medicine’s AI Code of Conduct

by Shania Kennedy

The question of how the healthcare industry can leverage artificial intelligence (AI) ethically and responsibly has become a hot topic in recent years. Throughout 2022 and 2023, industry professionals, policymakers, and regulatory...

Generative AI May Help Flag Social Determinants of Health in EHR Data

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Mass General Brigham have found that specialized large language models (LLMs) can identify under-documented social determinants of health (SDOH) in electronic health records (EHRs),...

AI-Driven ECG Analysis Accurately Predicts Right-Side Heart Issues

by Shania Kennedy

A research team from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to help predict which cardiovascular patients are at increased risk for poor right...

Healthcare Stakeholders Plan to Prioritize AI, Analytics This Year

by Shania Kennedy

As the new year begins, health systems are gearing up for new opportunities and challenges in the year ahead. For many, top priorities from last year — such as establishing analytics infrastructure, deploying predictive analytics,...

Case Western Reserve University to Develop Enhanced Medical Imaging AI

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have received a four-year, $1.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) approach to make...

Framework to Address Algorithmic Bias in Healthcare AI Models

by Shania Kennedy

A panel of experts convened by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) to address the issue of algorithmic...

Top Health IT Analytics Predictions, Priorities for This Year

by Shania Kennedy

As health systems work to address challenges caused or worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, such as health inequity and chronic disease management hurdles, many are turning to data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI)...

Understanding De-Identified Data, How to Use It in Healthcare

by Editorial Staff

De-identified data has become an important tool in medical research and for providers looking to enhance patient care. While data sharing between different organizations could violate the Health...

Arguing the Pros and Cons of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

by Editorial Staff

In what seems like the blink of an eye, mentions of artificial intelligence (AI) have become ubiquitous in the healthcare industry.  From deep learning algorithms that can read computed...

Kaiser Permanente Awards Funding for Healthcare AI, ML Research

by Shania Kennedy

The Kaiser Permanente Augmented Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare Initiative (AIM-HI) Coordinating Center has awarded grant funding to five projects that explore how artificial intelligence (AI)...

How Will Biden’s Executive Order on Trustworthy AI Impact Healthcare?

by Shania Kennedy

In October, President Joe Biden signed the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The order establishes guardrails focused on promoting safety and security, protecting...

Large Language Models May Improve Clinician Diagnostic Performance

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) found that the large language model (LLM) ChatGPT-4 outperforms clinicians in some instances of estimating the probabilities of diagnoses...

Providers, Payers Sign Pledge for Ethical, Responsible AI in Healthcare

by Shania Kennedy

At the 2023 Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Annual Meeting, 28 health systems and payers signed a pledge to advance the ethical and responsible use of...

AMA Survey Reveals Physicians’ Sentiments on Healthcare AI

by Shania Kennedy

A new survey published by the American Medical Association (AMA) shows that clinicians are enthusiastic but cautious about augmented intelligence — also known as artificial intelligence (AI)...