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Machine learning predicts risk of suicide in patients initiating care

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Kaiser Permanente researchers have demonstrated that a machine learning-based predictive model can stratify suicide risk among patients scheduled for an intake visit to outpatient mental healthcare,...

Clinical deterioration AI contributes to reduced care escalation risk

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Researchers have demonstrated that an artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to detect clinical deterioration was associated with a significantly decreased risk of inpatient escalations in care,...

Computational model uses biomarkers to predict Alzheimer’s progression

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Researchers from Duke University School of Medicine and Pennsylvania State University have demonstrated that a personalized model using individual biomarker data can accurately forecast Alzheimer's...

Machine learning approach may help tailor precision medicine treatments

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A research team from Arizona State University has developed a machine learning (ML) model capable of predicting whether a patient’s immune system will recognize pathogens and other foreign cells,...

NIH funding development of AI tools for health disparity research

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George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) have been awarded a two-year, $839,000 National Institutes of Health...

AI reveals race-based differences in the expression of depression

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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) have demonstrated that artificial intelligence (AI) models designed to predict depression...

Analysis highlights five preventable suicide risk profiles

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Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine, Columbia University, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, the University of Hong Kong and University of Kentucky have identified five preventable suicide risk...

Online big data dashboard to help map enteric infectious diseases

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A team from the University of Virginia (UVA) is developing an online big data dashboard to map enteric infectious disease burden in low- and middle-income countries, which researchers and public health...

Machine learning tools predict COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, uptake

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Researchers from the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Northwestern University have developed machine learning (ML) models that can accurately predict trends in COVID-19 vaccine uptake using reward and...

Deep learning model detects COVID-19 infection using lung imaging

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Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a deep learning-based model to detect COVID-19 infection using lung ultrasound images, according to a study published recently in Communications Medicine. The...

Healthcare leaders launch Trustworthy & Responsible AI Network

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Healthcare leaders came together recently to launch the Trustworthy & Responsible AI Network (TRAIN), a consortium created to explore and set standards for the safe application of artificial...

How do population health, public health, community health differ?

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The rapid proliferation of value-based care arrangements, driven by electronic health record (EHR) adoption and the subsequent explosion of big data, has given providers the opportunity and the...

Machine learning predicts perioperative peripheral artery disease risk

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Machine learning (ML) algorithms can accurately predict one-year major adverse limb event (MALE) or death following endovascular intervention for peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to a study...

Artificial intelligence unpredictably impacts radiologist performance

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Researchers from Harvard Medical School (HMS), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford University have demonstrated that the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-based assistive...

Healthcare orgs face significant data modernization challenges

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Investments in data initiatives are a consistent return on investment (ROI) for healthcare organizations, but a majority need to modernize their data stack in 2024, according to Hakkoda’s...

Google Health shares generative AI, health equity research updates

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Today at Google’s annual health event, The Check Up, the tech company shared updates regarding its artificial intelligence (AI) research, alongside its efforts to improve health equity and health...

MRI-based prostate cancer risk calculators prone to underprediction

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New research published in JAMA Network Open shows that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based risk calculators can predict prostate cancer risk among adults in Europe and North America with some...

Generative AI may enhance healthcare-associated infection surveillance

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Researchers from Saint Louis University and the University of Louisville School of Medicine have found that generative artificial intelligence (AI) could improve healthcare-associated infection (HAI)...

Generative AI may bolster digital healthcare software development

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A research team from NYU Langone Health demonstrated that the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) could accelerate the development of digital health software, according to a study published...

Predictive tool use has little effect on knee surgery decision-making

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Researchers demonstrated that the use of a tool to predict total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in patients with knee osteoarthritis had little impact on patient-reported willingness to undergo the procedure,...