Mental Healthcare

Artificial Intelligence Helps Providers Choose Depression Therapies

by Jessica Kent

Artificial intelligence tools may be able to help providers objectively diagnose and prescribe depression treatments based on analyses of brain activity, according to a study published in Nature...

Predictive Analytics Model Forecasts Hernia Surgery Outcomes

by Jessica Kent

Researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have developed a predictive analytics algorithm that can identify future at-risk patients who have undergone hernia surgery, helping providers to...

Addressing Chronic Disease with Population Health Management Strategies

by Jessica Kent

Chronic diseases are among the most costly, prevalent, and avoidable ailments impacting population health. Conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and opioid addiction claim thousands of lives and...

For Opioids and Substance Abuse, Big Data Analytics Is Just the Beginning

by Jennifer Bresnick

Fentanyl, heroin, prescription opioids, and a growing number of synthetic drugs killed more than 50,000 Americans in 2016.  It is a statistic that is hard to compute –numbing in its scope and staggering in the sheer complexity...