Artificial Intelligence

AI Education Needed to Prepare Medical Students for Clinical Practice

by Shania Kennedy

In a recent commentary published in Cell Reports Medicine, University of Michigan researchers argued that the lack of education on healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) in medical school leaves...

Partnership Led to the Launch of a Healthcare Innovation Studio

by Mark Melchionna

Built upon high levels of experience in developing artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, Ardent Health and SwitchPoint have sustained a successful two-year collaboration to create a healthcare...

Research Identifies Clinician Support for AI Use in Musculoskeletal Care

by Shania Kennedy

A study published this week in BMC Medical Education identified substantial favorability toward artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare and AI applied to musculoskeletal (MSK) care, such as skeletal...

OR Health System to Test AI App That Tracks Blood Sugar Levels

by Mark Melchionna

After receiving a grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) researchers developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based app to evaluate...

MA Collab Funds AI-Based In-Home Care, Aging Pilot Projects

by Shania Kennedy

The Massachusetts AI and Technology Center for Connected Care in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease (MassAITC) at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst announced $1.7 million in funding for...

More Guidance Needed to Curb Discrimination by Clinical Algorithm Use

by Shania Kennedy

In a recent viewpoint published in JAMA, researchers explored the challenges of curbing discrimination by a clinical algorithm, arguing that the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS)...

Researchers Investigate When, How Healthcare AI Models Will Fail

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from the Carle Illinois College of Medicine (CI MED) at the University of Illinois are investigating when and how medical artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models will...

UC Davis Health Launches AI Tool to Curb Documentation Burden

by Shania Kennedy

University of California (UC) Davis Health and virtual practice management platform LiveCare Corp. announced the exploration of an artificial intelligence (AI) functionality that interprets care team...

New Machine-Learning Model Identifies Long COVID Subtypes

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley have developed machine-learning (ML) software that uses entries in EHRs to shed light on long COVID, including finding common symptoms and...

Partnership to Expand Health Equity Data to Improve Community Health

by Mark Melchionna

A collaboration between the University of Notre Dame Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society and Accenture aims to address community health challenges by expanding health equity data and applying...

Machine-Learning Model Estimates Risk of Adverse Prescription Opioid Outcomes

by Shania Kennedy

A study published last week in JAMA Network Open found that a machine learning (ML)-based model leveraging available administrative data can accurately estimate adverse opioid outcomes, which could...

Deep-Learning Model Identifies Lung Cancer Risk Using Chest X-rays

by Shania Kennedy

In a recent study, researchers validated a deep-learning (DL) model to predict lung cancer risk using chest radiographs and EMR data. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that...

Machine-Learning Models Can Accurately Predict Hypertension Risk

by Shania Kennedy

A study published this week in Scientific Reports comparing hypertension incidence prediction models found little difference in performance between machine-learning (ML) models and conventional...

Deep-Learning Model Can Detect Disease-Causing Mosaic Mutations

by Mark Melchionna

Published in Nature Biotechnology, researchers from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children’s Institute described the creation of a deep-learning model that...

How Does the White House AI Bill of Rights Apply to Healthcare?

by Shania Kennedy

In October, the White House unveiled its Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, providing guidelines for the design, use, and deployment of AI-based tools to protect Americans from harm as the use of these technologies continues to grow in...

Mass General, Mayo Clinic, & More Share AI, Analytics Plans for Next Year

by Shania Kennedy

As 2022 draws to a close, health systems are gearing up for new opportunities and challenges in the year ahead. For many, top priorities from last year, such as patient access to care and efficiency improvements, will carry over into 2023....

Researchers Develop ML Tool for Studying Characteristics of Single Cells

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) developed new machine-learning (ML) software to analyze multiple characteristics...

Researchers Assess ML Algorithm for Undiagnosed Dementia Detection

by Mark Melchionna

A group of researchers is conducting the Digital Detection of Dementia study that will evaluate the use of an artificial intelligence (AI)-based machine-learning (ML) algorithm that uses natural...

Retraining Improves Performance of ICU Predictive Analytics Model

by Shania Kennedy

In a study published in Critical Care Medicine, researchers found that retraining and recalibration of a machine learning (ML)-based clinical decision support tool to predict readmission or death...

Foundation Models Could Help Advance AI in Healthcare

by Shania Kennedy

In a blog post published last week, experts from Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) discussed the opportunities provided by foundation models for AI...