Chronic Disease

AI Collaboration Launches to Support Cystic Fibrosis, Respiratory Research

by Shania Kennedy

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has announced a partnership with research intelligence company Epistemic AI and the Boomer Esiason Foundation (BEF), which will enable the Cincinnati...

Limited Racial Data Curbs Diagnosis, Treatment of Genetic Conditions

by Mark Melchionna

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Medicine Hereditary Hemorrhagic (HHT) Center concluded that limited racial and ethnic data likely contributes to inaccurate diagnoses and treatment of rare genetic...

SDOH Improves Performance of Heart Failure Mortality Predictive Model

by Shania Kennedy

A new study published in JAMA Cardiology shows how machine learning (ML)–based models that incorporate social determinants of health (SDOH) data improve the prediction of in-hospital mortality...

Artificial Intelligence App Outperforms Patient-Reported Stool Assessments

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers have determined that an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can determine stool characteristics with high accuracy using smartphone images, outperforming patient self-reporting,...

Parents Largely Comfortable with Artificial Intelligence Use in Pediatric Care

by Mark Melchionna

Despite a slight inconsistency in satisfaction rates among different ethnic groups, a study from Academic Pediatrics reported a relatively high rate of approval from parents regarding the use of...

AI System Helps Assess Bladder Cancer Treatment Response

by Mark Melchionna

An artificial intelligence (AI)-driven system assisted in evaluating bladder cancer patient responses to chemotherapy, a University of Michigan Health Lab study found. When a patient develops bladder...