Clinical Decision Support

AI Tool Can Detect Signs of Mental Health Decline in Text Messages

by Shania Kennedy

A study published last month in Psychiatric Services shows that an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can detect and classify cognitive distortions, or “red-flag language,” in text...

How Actionable Patient Genomic Data Can Boost Precision Medicine

by Shania Kennedy

Genomics and precision medicine are exciting prospects for healthcare organizations looking to personalize care to improve disease prevention and clinical outcomes for their patients. However, implementation and utilization remain a...

FDA Releases Guidance on AI-Driven Clinical Decision Support Tools

by Shania Kennedy

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released new guidance stating that some artificial intelligence (AI) tools should be regulated as medical devices as part of the agency’s oversight of...

Artificial Intelligence Tool Helps Combat Antibiotic Resistance, Misuse

by Shania Kennedy

A new study published in JAMA Pediatrics found that an artificial intelligence (AI)-based clinical decision-making tool can help improve antibiotic stewardship for diarrheal disease in settings with...

MT Health System Implements Artificial Intelligence Tool for Diabetes Care

by Shania Kennedy

Montana-based Billings Clinic has partnered with DreaMed Diabetes to deploy an artificial intelligence (AI)-based clinical decision support tool, which will allow its providers to remotely treat...

New Mayo Clinic Artificial Intelligence Model Provides Labor Risk Predictions

by Mark Melchionna

To meet the varied healthcare needs of pregnant women, Mayo Clinic researchers created an artificial intelligence (AI)-based risk prediction model that uses labor characteristics to indicate potential...

Illinois Health System Implements AI-Based Sepsis Surveillance Tool

by Shania Kennedy

Illinois-based Blessing Health System has integrated an artificial intelligence (AI)-based sepsis surveillance tool into its clinical workflows, enabling the health system to identify patients with...

Clinical Decision Support Tool Provides Effective Precision Medicine Guidance

by Shania Kennedy

A study published this week in Nature Communications shows that an automated clinical decision support tool for genetic disease diagnosis and treatment can provide accurate results and disease...

ML Models Can Help Optimize COVID-19 Hospital Admission Decisions

by Shania Kennedy

A new study published this month in npj Digital Medicine shows the positive impact of the multisite implementation of a workflow-integrated machine-learning (ML) system to predict short-term risk and...

Patient Deterioration Predictor Outperforms Vital Sign Measurements

by Shania Kennedy

A recently developed artificial intelligence (AI) model out of the University of Michigan (U-M) can predict hemodynamic instability, a key indicator of patient deterioration, more accurately than...

AI Tool Can Identify Sepsis Within 12 Hours of Hospital Admission

by Shania Kennedy

A new study published in JAMA Network Open assesses an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can predict the likelihood of patients developing sepsis and the severity of the infection as quickly as 12...

Ohio Health System to Use Artificial Intelligence to Improve Stroke Care

by Shania Kennedy

Ohio-based Mercy Health – Springfield Regional Medical Center announced a collaboration with San Francisco-based software company Viz.ai to implement artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to...

Mayo Clinic ML Models Can Help Diagnose Hepatitis, Bacterial Infections

by Shania Kennedy

A study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings shows that machine-learning (ML) models can assist healthcare workers with differentiating between alcohol-associated hepatitis and acute cholangitis using...

AI for Medical Imaging Boosts Cancer Screenings with Provider Aid

by Shania Kennedy

A study published in The Lancet Digital Health this month highlights how a decision-referral approach, in which radiologists work with artificial intelligence (AI) models to evaluate breast cancer...

Mayo Clinic, K Health Collaboration Unveils Hypertension Treatment Algorithm

by Shania Kennedy

Digital primary care platform K Health in collaboration with Mayo Clinic Platform, Mayo Clinic’s portfolio of digital healthcare initiatives, launched a personalized hypertension treatment...

AI Models Accurately Predict Clinical Risks in Multiple Hospitals Using Live Data

by Shania Kennedy

A new study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research earlier this month showed that clinical risk prediction models for sepsis, delirium, and acute kidney injury (AKI) achieve high...

AI Platform Recommends Lower, More Personalized Chemotherapy Doses

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have shown that that an artificial intelligence (AI) platform designed to recommend optimal chemotherapy doses from cancer patients achieved...

AI Approach Offers Higher Rate of Diabetes Remission Than Standard Care

by Shania Kennedy

Use of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool has shown the highest reported rate of type 2 diabetes remission to date, according to research presented at the 82nd Scientific Sessions of the American...

Machine-Learning Platform Can Accurately Predict Surgical Complications

by Shania Kennedy

University of Florida (UF) researchers have developed a machine-learning (ML) platform, called MySurgeryRisk, that can predict surgical complications as accurately as clinicians. Surgery and potential...

AI Framework Cuts Time, Effort Needed to Predict Critical Care Outcomes

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from the University of Washington’s School of Medicine and the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) framework that...