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AHA Issues Statement on the Use of AI in Cardiovascular Care

March 1, 2024 - The American Heart Association (AHA) released a scientific statement in Circulation this week detailing the current state of artificial intelligence (AI) use in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease. The statement is the first of its kind from the AHA, underscoring continued interest from healthcare organizations in how AI could...


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Coalition for Health AI Unveils Draft Blueprint for Ethical AI Implementation

by Shania Kennedy

The Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) has published a draft of its ‘Blueprint for Trustworthy AI Implementation Guidance and Assurance for Healthcare,’ which outlines recommendations for...

Researchers Outline Strategies to Develop High-Quality Medical ML Models

by Shania Kennedy

A study published this month in BMC Medical Research Methodology outlines how to develop high-quality machine learning (ML)-based models for use in clinical research and medicine through the use of...

How to Create a Healthcare Data Culture

by Shania Kennedy

Data analytics and interoperability are necessary for health systems to provide high-quality care services to patients, but transitioning from pen, paper, and fax machines to computers and the cloud for data collection and sharing is only...

How to Improve Data Normalization in Healthcare

by Shania Kennedy

Data normalization refers to the process of standardizing data to reduce ambiguity and make the data useable across systems. In the context of healthcare, health information is normalized to promote data sharing and analytics across the...

Implementing a Precision Medicine Strategy to Improve Cancer Care

by Jessica Kent

To effectively treat a disease as complex as cancer, the healthcare industry has recognized the need to tailor therapeutic approaches to individual patients – a method commonly known as precision...

New Method Uses Data-Driven Models to Inform COVID-19 Policymaking

by Jessica Kent

An international team of researchers has developed a new method to leverage multiple data-driven models for COVID-19 outbreak management. For more coronavirus updates, visit our resource page,...

Best Practices to Develop a Social Determinants of Health Strategy

by Emily Sokol, MPH

Addressing the social determinants of health (SDOH) in a community can seem like an insurmountable task, but Humana’s best practices show that a changing health system is ready to tackle these problems. The SDOH are factors outside...

10 High-Value Use Cases for Predictive Analytics in Healthcare

by Jennifer Bresnick

As healthcare organizations develop more sophisticated big data analytics capabilities, they are beginning to move from basic descriptive analytics towards the realm of predictive insights. Predictive...

5 Ways to Turn Chronic Disease Management Knowledge into Action

by Jennifer Bresnick

In order to cut the skyrocketing costs of chronic disease management and reduce the burdens of diabetes, heart disease, asthma, and other conditions on the patient population, providers must take...

Why Health Information Exchange Needs HIM, IT Collaboration

by Jennifer Bresnick

“Competing initiatives” is an oft repeated phrase in the healthcare industry, and for good reason.  Between meaningful use, ICD-10, EHR interoperability, emerging reimbursement reforms,...