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Genomic Data Offers Insight into Colon Cancer, Alzheimer’s Disease

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For organizations that want to deepen their knowledge of disease risk and health outcomes, genomic data has emerged as a comprehensive resource that can provide clinicians with new insights. While the...

Tech Companies Aim to Expand Use of Data Analytics in Healthcare

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For years, data analytics in healthcare has been a frequent buzzword among industry leaders. The ability to leverage AI, machine learning, and other technologies to gain actionable insights from...

Microsoft, Nuance News May Signify Next Era of AI in Healthcare

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Artificial intelligence in healthcare has mostly existed in the realm of the hypothetical. Clinical use cases for AI algorithms permeate the research sector, while rarely infiltrating real-world care...

Open-Source Framework Simplifies Machine Learning Processes

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Researchers at MIT’s Data to AI Lab (DAI Lab) have developed a new framework that can streamline machine learning processes to help organizations uncover actionable insights from big data. The...

At Intermountain, Predictive Analytics Boost COVID-19 Outcomes

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In healthcare, predictive analytics tools have always been one of the most promising applications of big data. The ability to anticipate negative consequences before they occur is a major asset for any...

Predictive Analytics Tool Forecasts Future COVID-19 Surges

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The National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) has launched its COVID-19 Index, a predictive analytics tool that will help leaders prepare for future surges of coronavirus. The COVID-19 Index will enable...

Artificial Intelligence Enhances Preventive Care, Telehealth

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While preventive care and telehealth have long been critical elements of the healthcare industry, these services have become even more important in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers are...

Deep Learning, Genomic Data May Help Predict Alzheimer’s Disease

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Using deep learning and genomic data, researchers from Beaumont Health have discovered a simple blood test that may help predict Alzheimer’s disease in patients. In a study published in PLOS...

Machine Learning Technique Reveals Cancer Genetic Insights

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Machine learning approaches could help detect mutational signatures in patients with cancer, revealing the genetic effects of the underlying contributors to the disease, a study published in eLife...

Cleveland Clinic, IBM Launch Artificial Intelligence Partnership

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Cleveland Clinic and IBM have announced a ten-year partnership to launch the Discovery Accelerator, a center aimed at using artificial intelligence, high performance on the hybrid cloud, and quantum...

Machine Learning Catches Multiple Sclerosis-Related Gait Issues

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Machine learning could help providers monitor and predict multiple sclerosis disease progression in individual patients, according to a study published in Institute of Electrical and Electronics...

Artificial Intelligence Detects Medication Administration Errors

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Artificial intelligence could help identify potential errors in a patient’s medication self-administration method, leading to reduced hospitalizations and healthcare costs, according to a study...

FDA Approves Machine Learning Tool for COVID-19 Screening

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The FDA has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the first machine learning-based non-diagnostic screening tool to prevent the spread of COVID-19.   The Tiger Tech COVID Plus Monitor...

Artificial Intelligence Tool Seeks to Enhance Parkinson’s Diagnosis

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Researchers from the University of Florida will use a $5 million grant from NIH to test a new artificial intelligence tool aimed at improving the diagnosis of Parkinson’s and related...

How Machine Learning Enables Clinical Forecasting, Visualization

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At first glance, mining clinical data to extract meaningful insights seems like a task well-suited for machine learning algorithms. The principal aim of advanced analytics tools is to evaluate multiple...

Suicide Risk Prediction Models Prove Cost-Effective in Healthcare

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Statistical suicide risk prediction models could be implemented cost-effectively in healthcare organizations and may help save many lives each year, according to a study published in JAMA...

Artificial Intelligence Mines EHR Data to Improve Diagnoses

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An artificial intelligence algorithm is able to mine EHR data and suggest the best diagnostic approaches, leading to enhanced diagnoses and treatments, according to a study published in the Journal of...

Machine Learning Technique Could Accelerate Drug Discovery

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A machine learning technique can quickly estimate the binding affinities between drug candidates and their targets, potentially accelerating drug discovery and protein engineering, a study published in...

FDA Data Dashboard Shows Adverse Events Related to COVID-19 Products

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The FDA has launched the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS), a public data dashboard showing human adverse event reports for drugs and therapeutic products used under emergency use...

Artificial Intelligence Boosts Alzheimer’s Disease Classification

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Artificial intelligence tools were able to process brain images and classify Alzheimer’s disease with improved accuracy, which could lead to the development of better treatments, according to a...