Artificial Intelligence

Exploring Patient, Provider Perceptions of Healthcare AI

by Shania Kennedy

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been the subject of intense interest and scrutiny within the medical community in recent years, boasting significant pros and cons that continue to fuel debate in the healthcare sector. The Research and...

US Providers Accelerating Spending on Health IT Software, AI

by Shania Kennedy

United States healthcare providers are accelerating their investment into IT and software technologies, with 80 percent of healthcare executives reporting that they’ve increased spending...

Artificial Intelligence Flags Knee Osteoarthritis Using Medical Images

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin’s (UT Austin) College of Natural Sciences and Dell Medical School have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model capable of identifying...

Microsoft Collab to Build World’s Largest Pathology, Oncology Imaging AI

by Shania Kennedy

Microsoft and healthcare technology company Paige have launched a partnership to create the world’s largest image-based artificial intelligence (AI) models for digital pathology and...

Patient Triage Artificial Intelligence May Boost Future Outbreak Response

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven patient triage platform capable of forecasting length of hospitalization and disease severity...

Pathology Foundation Model Leverages Medical Twitter Images, Comments

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Stanford have leveraged pathology images and comments from Twitter, now known as X, to develop a large public dataset and artificial intelligence (AI) model for pathology image...

AI Voice Assistants Insufficient for Layperson CPR Instructions

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Mass General Brigham, New York’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Boston Children’s Hospital demonstrated that artificial intelligence (AI) voice assistants...

ChatGPT Achieves High Accuracy in Clinical Decision-Making Tasks

by Shania Kennedy

Mass General Brigham researchers demonstrated that ChatGPT can achieve “impressive accuracy” in clinical decision-making, with increased performance as the tool is fed more clinical...

Researchers Validate NLP Tool to Extract SDOH from Clinical Notes

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health (IU Fairbanks School) and Regenstrief Institute have validated the generalizability and portability of a natural...

Exploring Mayo Clinic’s AI Efforts to Enhance Organ Transplants

by Shania Kennedy

Organ transplants represent one of many revolutionary advancements within the field of medicine over the past century. Since the first successful human kidney transplant in 1954, the number of treatment options for once life-threatening or...

Deep Learning Method Helps Correct Motion-Corrupted Brain MRIs

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a deep learning (DL) model that can correct magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans corrupted by motion artifacts,...

Deep Learning-Based Electrocardiogram Screening Detects Heart Defects

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Keio University in Japan have developed a deep learning (DL) model capable of screening electrocardiograms (ECGs) for signs of atrial septal...

Experts: Medical Community Must Help Shape Use of LLMs in Healthcare

by Shania Kennedy

In a special communication published this month in JAMA, researchers discussed the creation and adoption of large language models (LLMs) in healthcare, asserting that the process must be actively...

Breaking Down the 4 Types of Healthcare Big Data Analytics

by Shania Kennedy

Big data analytics has become a hot topic as healthcare systems have transitioned to EHRs and begun pursuing digital transformation. Patients generate massive amounts of data throughout their care journeys that could be used to improve...

Few Executives Establishing Strategies for Highly Trusted AI

by Mark Melchionna

Research from Bain and Company indicated that although health executives acknowledge the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI), many struggle with prioritization. This led researchers to create...

Senator Calls on Google to Ensure Ethical Deployment of Health AI

by Shania Kennedy

This week, United States Senator Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai citing concerns about the company’s...

Duke Health, Microsoft Launch Generative Artificial Intelligence Partnership

by Shania Kennedy

Duke Health and Microsoft have announced a five-year partnership to ethically and responsibly leverage generative artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud technology to transform healthcare. The...

AI Algorithm Can Predict Mortality Based on Body Measurements

by Mark Melchionna

According to a new study, an artificial intelligence (AI) can assess non-contrast low-dose CT chest scans for cancer screenings and predict outcomes such as lung cancer, cardiovascular disease (CVD),...

Google Collab to Support Generative AI in Ambulatory Healthcare Settings

by Shania Kennedy

Google Cloud and healthcare technology company CareCloud, Inc. have announced a partnership aimed at supporting operational efficiency and digital transformation for small- and medium-sized healthcare...

AI and Machine Learning Hold Potential in Fighting Infectious Disease

by Mark Melchionna

A new study described that despite the continued threat of infectious diseases on public health, the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can help handle this issue...