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National Academy of Medicine publishes AI Code of Conduct draft

April 11, 2024 - The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has published a draft framework for the responsible implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in healthcare and biomedical sciences and is seeking input from industry stakeholders. The “Artificial Intelligence in Health, Health Care, and Biomedical Science: An AI Code of Conduct...

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NIH funding development of AI tools for health disparity research

by Shania Kennedy

George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) have been awarded a two-year, $839,000 National Institutes of Health...

Google Health shares generative AI, health equity research updates

by Shania Kennedy

Today at Google’s annual health event, The Check Up, the tech company shared updates regarding its artificial intelligence (AI) research, alongside its efforts to improve health equity and health...

Generative AI May Help Flag Social Determinants of Health in EHR Data

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Mass General Brigham have found that specialized large language models (LLMs) can identify under-documented social determinants of health (SDOH) in electronic health records (EHRs),...

Framework to Address Algorithmic Bias in Healthcare AI Models

by Shania Kennedy

A panel of experts convened by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) to address the issue of algorithmic...

NYC Health Dept. Expands Work to Address Racism in Clinical Algorithms

by Shania Kennedy

The Coalition to End Racism in Clinical Algorithms (CERCA), a New York City Health Department-led effort to investigate the use of race-based medical algorithms, is expanding its work to include...

Providers, Payers Sign Pledge for Ethical, Responsible AI in Healthcare

by Shania Kennedy

At the 2023 Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Annual Meeting, 28 health systems and payers signed a pledge to advance the ethical and responsible use of...

Can Digital Twin Neighborhoods Help Tackle Health Disparities?

by Shania Kennedy

Addressing health disparities and improving patient outcomes are key to achieving health equity, but tackling these issues requires health systems to understand their population’s needs and develop strategies to meet...

AMA Establishes New Principles for AI Development, Deployment and Use

by Shania Kennedy

The American Medical Association (AMA) issued new principles to guide the development, deployment and use of augmented intelligence (AI) in healthcare, according to a press release shared with...

NIH Funding to Advance “All of Us” Research Program Dataset Use

by Shania Kennedy

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded $9.7 million to 26 two-year projects that will advance high-priority research by leveraging the All of Us Research Program dataset. Each project...

Large Language Model Diagnoses, Triages Without Introducing Biases

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Health have demonstrated that Generative Pre-trained Transformer 4 (GPT-4) can diagnose and triage various health conditions on par with...

Vanderbilt, Duke Awarded $1.25M to Improve Health Systems’ AI Oversight

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Duke University School of Medicine have been awarded a $1.25 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to establish a...

Emory University Establishes Empathetic AI for Health Institute

by Shania Kennedy

Emory University will launch the Emory Empathetic AI for Health Institute (Emory AI.Health) later this month, which will support the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive analytics...

Risk-Based Lung Cancer Screening May Reduce Racial, Ethnic Disparities

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers have demonstrated that a risk-based lung cancer screening model may reduce racial and ethnic disparities and improve screening efficiency compared to national lung cancer screening...

Achieving Clinical AI Fairness Requires Multidisciplinary Collaboration

by Shania Kennedy

In a perspective published recently in npj Digital Medicine, researchers led by a team at Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Medical School asserted that the pursuit of fair artificial...

NYC Health Dept. Launches Center for Population Health Data Science

by Shania Kennedy

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) established the Center for Population Health Data Science this week in an effort to improve the city’s public health data...

Cedars-Sinai Deep Learning Tool Accurately Predicts Atrial Fibrillation

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai demonstrated that a deep learning (DL) algorithm can accurately detect signs of atrial fibrillation in patients without symptoms, according to...

AHIMA Launches Social Determinants of Health Data Initiative

by Shania Kennedy

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) announced its Data for Better Health initiative, which aims to revolutionize healthcare through the use of social determinants of health...

American Heart Association Releases Guidance for Patient Data Sharing

by Shania Kennedy

The American Heart Association (AHA) released new policy guidance in Circulation this week outlining six principles for patient data sharing in medical research. The statement emphasizes that EHRs,...

Children’s Hospital Colorado Launches Precision Medicine Institute

by Mark Melchionna

To increase diagnostic accuracy and advance the customizability of treatment for various conditions, Children’s Hospital Colorado (Children’s Colorado) launched the Precision Medicine...

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