Predictive Analytics

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...

DL Tool Triages Chest Pain Patients, Predicts Adverse Outcomes

by Shania Kennedy

A new study published this week in Radiology shows that a deep-learning (DL) model may help improve care for patients who arrive at the hospital with acute chest pain. According to the news release,...

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...

Deep-Learning Tool Can Predict Lung Cancer Risk Within Six Years

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Mass General Brigham and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a deep-learning (DL) tool that can predict the risk of lung cancer for individuals with or...

Model Predicts Optimal Number of Embryos Needed for IVF, ARTs

by Shania Kennedy

A study published in JAMA Network Open earlier this month details the development of a prediction model designed to estimate the optimal number of immature eggs, or oocytes, to attempt to fertilize...

Deep-Learning Model Identifies Lung Cancer Risk Using Chest X-rays

by Shania Kennedy

In a recent study, researchers validated a deep-learning (DL) model to predict lung cancer risk using chest radiographs and EMR data. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that...

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...

Risk Estimation Intervention Reveals Hurdles for Suicide Prevention

by Shania Kennedy

A mixed-methods quality improvement study published in JAMA Network Open found that using suicide risk estimation analytics did not augment existing prevention practices as intended during routine...

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...

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...

Artificial Intelligence Tool May Improve IVF Embryo Selection

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can non-invasively identify in vitro fertilized embryos with aneuploidy, or an abnormal number of...

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...

Researchers to Develop Machine-Learning System to Automate Insulin Delivery

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) have received a $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a machine-learning (ML) tool for automated insulin...

Predictive Analytics-Based Disease Management Outreach Reduces Spending

by Mark Melchionna

A study recently published in the American Journal of Managed Care found that compared with a non-predictive algorithm-driven disease management (DM) program, a disease management outreach program...

New ML Models Use Brain Activity Patterns to Track Seizures’ Origins

by Mark Melchionna

As described in the journal Brain, a set of machine-learning (ML) tools developed by Johns Hopkins University researchers displayed the ability to accurately determine brain activity that may lead to...

Deep Learning Predicts Heart Disease, Stroke Death Risk Using Single X-ray

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a deep-learning model that uses a single chest X-ray to predict the 10-year risk of death from a...