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

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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

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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...

AMA Survey Reveals Physicians’ Sentiments on Healthcare AI

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A new survey published by the American Medical Association (AMA) shows that clinicians are enthusiastic but cautious about augmented intelligence — also known as artificial intelligence (AI)...

Google Launches Generative Artificial Intelligence Models for Healthcare

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Google announced the launch of MedLM, a suite of foundation models designed to help healthcare organizations meet their needs through generative artificial intelligence (AI), according to a blog post...

Predictive Model Accurately Flags Postpancreatectomy Hemorrhage Risk

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Researchers have developed and validated a predictive model capable of identifying late postpancreatectomy hemorrhage (PPH) risk in patients with postoperative pancreatic fistula (cr-POPF) following...

Deep Learning Accurately Predicts Antihypertensive Treatment Success

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Researchers have developed a deep neural network-based model to predict the most successful antihypertensive treatment for an individual, according to a study published recently in Mayo Clinic...

UC Berkeley Launches Agile Metabolic Health, Open Platforms Initiative

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Stakeholders from the University of California (UC), Berkeley launched the Agile Metabolic Health project this week, an effort to enhance the treatment of diabetes and other metabolic disorders through...

Predictive Models Flag Need for Nursing Home Care in Dementia Patients

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Predictive models using self-report and proxy data can accurately forecast need for nursing home level of care (NHLOC) in community-dwelling older adults with dementia, according to a study published...

AI-Aided Colonoscopy May Improve Colorectal Neoplasia Detection

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) published last week in eClinicalMedicine showed that artificial intelligence (AI)-aided colonoscopy may enhance the detection...

Large Language Model May Help Better Identify Postpartum Hemorrhage

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Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have determined that a large language model (LLM) may be more accurate at identifying patients with postpartum hemorrhage than standard methods,...

Deep Learning Model Flags Non-Smokers at Increased Risk for Lung Cancer

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A deep learning model can accurately identify non-smokers at high risk for lung cancer using only routine chest X-rays, according to research presented at this year’s meeting of the Radiological...

New Healthcare AI Framework Incorporates Medical Knowledge, Values

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A novel normative framework for healthcare artificial intelligence (AI), described in a recent issue of Patterns, asserts that medical knowledge, procedures, practices, and values should be considered...

AI Tool May Help Breast Cancer Patients Avoid Unnecessary Chemotherapy

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Researchers from Northwestern University have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that may be able to spare breast cancer patients unnecessary chemotherapy treatments by using cell patterns...

AMA Establishes New Principles for AI Development, Deployment and Use

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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...

AI Tool Uses Epigenetic Factors to Predict Cancer Survival Outcomes

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Researchers from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have created an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can successfully predict cancer survival outcomes by analyzing epigenetic...

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

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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...

Patient-Reported Symptom Data May Hinder Telehealth-Based Flu Diagnosis

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Researchers from the University of Georgia’s College of Public Health (UGA Public Health) demonstrated that clinical decision rules (CDRs) for influenza may be less accurate in a telemedicine...

Machine Learning Methods May Improve Brain Tumor Characterization

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Researchers from University of Florida (UF) Health have demonstrated that a combination of machine learning (ML) and liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) can help make...

$31M Awards to Support Medical AI Innovation at UTHealth Houston

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Researchers from the McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston were awarded over $31 million for 16 projects aimed at driving innovations in healthcare artificial intelligence...

Consumers Believe Generative AI May Make Healthcare More Affordable

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New data from Deloitte’s 2023 Health Care Consumer Survey indicate that health is a major driver of generative artificial intelligence (AI) use among consumers, many of whom expressed optimism at...