Machine Learning

AI Algorithm Can Identify Potential Therapeutic Targets for Cancer

by Shania Kennedy

In a study published this week in Nature Cancer, researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine described an artificial intelligence (AI)...

Health AI, Biomedical Discovery Projects Win Grant Funding

by Shania Kennedy

DePaul University and Rosalind Franklin University of Science and Medicine have announced funding for three interdisciplinary research projects aimed at leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to...

Automated Pattern Recognition Tool Predicts Response to Headache Surgery

by Shania Kennedy

A study to be published in the February 2023 issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery found that an artificial intelligence (AI)-based automated pattern recognition model can predict whether surgery...

Johns Hopkins Machine-Learning Tools Predict Risk of ICU Delirium

by Shania Kennedy

Johns Hopkins University researchers have developed machine-learning (ML) algorithms that can detect the early warning signs of delirium and predict which patients will be at high risk of delirium at...

Partnership Aims to Bolster Kidney Care with Predictive Analytics

by Mark Melchionna

Trinity Health and Strive Health announced plans to enhance treatment for chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) for Loyola Physician Partners patients using predictive...

Machine Learning-Triggered Reminders Improve End-of-Life Cancer Care

by Shania Kennedy

A study published last week in JAMA Oncology highlights how researchers at Penn Medicine have developed a machine-learning (ML) intervention designed to predict cancer mortality risk and deliver...

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...

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...

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...

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...

ML Model Accurately Predicts Need for Massive Transfusion During Surgery

by Mark Melchionna

Published in JAMA Network Open, a recent study described how adding preoperative data and intraoperative hemodynamic monitoring data to a machine learning (ML)-based prediction model led to accurate...

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...

Using Social Determinants of Health Data in Machine Learning Reduced Bias

by Mark Melchionna

Published in Circulation: Heart Failure, a recent study conducted by Northwestern Medicine researchers found that adding social determinants of health (SDOH) data into machine learning models led to...

Machine-Learning Models Predict 6-Month Ovarian Cancer Mortality

by Shania Kennedy

A study published this month in Scientific Reports found that an ensemble of machine-learning (ML) models can accurately predict six-month ovarian cancer mortality using patient-reported outcome data,...

Machine-Learning Models Can Help Predict COVID-19 Test Results

by Shania Kennedy

In a study published this month in Smart Health, Florida Atlantic University (FAU) researchers used machine learning (ML)-based predictive analytics to evaluate the correlation between serology and...

Researchers Use ML to Predict Diet, Chronic Disease Risk

by Mark Melchionna

Led by a Michigan Medicine cardiologist, a recent study found that a novel method using machine learning and molecular profiling can be leveraged to create blood-based dietary signatures that can...