Artificial Intelligence

New Set of Standards Aims to Ensure Effectiveness, Equity of AI

by Mark Melchionna

In collaboration with various health and research organizations, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) established an Artificial Intelligence Code of Conduct (AICC) to support the effective and...

USC Researchers to Leverage Ophthalmology AI for Improved Patient Care

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) Roski Eye Institute are exploring how the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in ophthalmology may help automate clinical tasks, allocate...

AI May Help Define Tumor Margins in Prostate Cancer Treatment

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers evaluating an artificial intelligence (AI) model’s ability to estimate prostate cancer extent and define focal treatment margins for tumors demonstrated that the model outperformed...

$1.2 Million Grant to Support Healthcare Analytics, AI Projects

by Shania Kennedy

The Jump Applied Research through Community Health through Engineering and Simulation (ARCHES) research and development program has announced that almost $1.2 million in grant funding has been awarded...

AI-Based “Denoising” in Medical Imaging May Require Further Evaluation

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are investigating how deep learning (DL) tools to “denoise,” or clean up, medical images impact the clinical utility of those...

Johns Hopkins Grants Aim to Support AI Solutions for Older Patients

by Mark Melchionna

With a total slightly exceeding $1 million, a funding round from the Johns Hopkins Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory for Aging Research (JH AITC) provided several projects with...

ChatGPT Provides Evidence-Based Answers to Public Health Questions

by Shania Kennedy

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers found that ChatGPT consistently provided evidence-based responses to public health questions but often gave advice rather than directing...

ChatGPT, Generative AI Show Promise as Complex Diagnostic Tools

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) demonstrated that generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as ChatGPT, may serve as promising assistive tools for...

Stanford Launches Responsible Health Artificial Intelligence Initiative

by Shania Kennedy

Stanford Medicine and the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) launched the Responsible AI for Safe and Equitable Health (RAISE-Health) initiative this week, which aims...

AMA Seeks More Oversight of Prior Authorization Artificial Intelligence

by Shania Kennedy

During its recent Annual Meeting, the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates adopted a policy calling for increased regulatory oversight of health insurers’ use of artificial...

Larger Healthcare Organizations Use More AI Solutions Than Smaller Ones

by Mark Melchionna

A report from the Center for Connected Medicine and KLAS provided data surrounding the growth of the artificial intelligence (AI) market along with the high frequency associated with using this...

Deep Learning System May Provide Automatic Surgical Skill Assessment

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers have developed a deep learning (DL) model capable of recognizing standardized surgical fields and performing automatic surgical skill assessments using intraoperative videos of laparoscopic...

ChatGPT Fails American Urological Association Self-Assessment Exam

by Shania Kennedy

A study published last week in Urology Practice demonstrated that ChatGPT performed poorly on the 2022 American Urological Association (AUA) Self-assessment Study Program exam, indicating that the tool...

ML Provides Personalized Hypertension Treatment Recommendations

by Shania Kennedy

Boston University (BU) researchers have co-developed a machine learning (ML) model designed to provide personalized hypertension treatment recommendations and assist clinicians with choosing which...

AI Algorithms Outperform Standard Models in Cancer Prediction

by Mark Melchionna

Research from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) indicates that artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms performed better than the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) risk model...

DL Approach Enables Interpretations of Electrocardiograms as Language

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Mount Sinai have developed deep learning (DL)-based model for electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis that enables the interpretation of ECGs as language and may improve ECG-related...

Dartmouth Launches Center for Artificial Intelligence, Precision Medicine

by Shania Kennedy

Dartmouth launched its Center for Precision Health and Artificial Intelligence (CPHAI) this week, which is set to advance interdisciplinary research into how artificial intelligence (AI) and biomedical...

Google, Mayo Clinic Launch Generative Artificial Intelligence Collab

by Shania Kennedy

Mayo Clinic and Google Cloud today launched a new collaboration to transform healthcare with generative artificial intelligence (AI) by enhancing clinical workflows, assisting researchers and...

AI Model Aims to Support Cell Functioning Predictions

by Mark Melchionna

Researchers from the University of Missouri (MU) enhanced their artificial intelligence (AI) model to improve its ability to predict protein location within cells of animals, humans, and plants,...

Researchers Propose ChatGPT-Based Personalized Disease Burden Tool

by Shania Kennedy

In a recent article published in Cureus, researchers posited that combining ChatGPT with insights from the Global Burden of Disease study could help create an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted...