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NIH Grant Supports AI Solutions for COVID-19 Testing, Surveillance

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NIH has issued a grant of over $107 million to fund innovative COVID-19 testing and surveillance methods nationwide, ranging from artificial intelligence solutions to home-based testing...

VA Broadens Clinical Data Access to Improve Patient Outcomes

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The Veterans Health Administration Innovation Ecosystem (VHA IE), a division of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is partnering with MDClone to enhance patient outcomes by increasing clinical...

“All of Us” Precision Medicine Program Returns First Genetic Results

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NIH’s All of Us precision medicine research program is beginning to return genetic results to participants, with individuals now able to receive information about their genetic ancestry and...

Amazon Launches Service for Big Data Analytics in Healthcare

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced Amazon HealthLake, a HIPAA-eligible service that aims to support interoperability standards and further drive the use of big data analytics in...

Geisinger Chosen as Finalist in CMS Artificial Intelligence Challenge

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CMS has selected Geisinger as one of seven finalists in its Artificial Intelligence Health Outcomes Challenge. In collaboration with Medial EarlySign, the health system used artificial intelligence...

Mayo Clinic, Google to Create Artificial Intelligence for Cancer Care

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Mayo Clinic and Google Health have announced a partnership to develop artificial intelligence that can help accelerate the process of planning radiotherapy treatments, leading to more efficient cancer...

Genetic Sequencing Could Help Track COVID-19 Mutations, Spread

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Genetic sequencing can help monitor mutations in COVID-19, potentially improving diagnostic testing and transmission tracking, a study published in Cell Reports revealed. For more coronavirus updates,...

Deep Learning Model Can Enhance Standard CT Scan Technology

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Applying a deep learning model to standard CT scans could generate higher-quality images, enabling providers to extract better insights and improve diagnosis, according to a study published in...

Artificial Intelligence Simplifies COVID-19 Testing, Workflows

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Tufts Medical Center has announced a partnership with Olive to use artificial intelligence to streamline COVID-19 testing operations and improve the care experience for both patients and...

UPenn Researchers to Develop Healthcare Artificial Intelligence, IoT

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The School of Engineering and Applied Science’s PRECISE Center and the School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania are partnering with Hillrom to develop artificial intelligence and...

NIH Launches AI, Medical Imaging Center to Combat COVID-19

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NIH has launched the Medical Imaging and Data Resource Center (MIDRC), which will utilize artificial intelligence and medical imaging to enhance COVID-19 detection and treatment. For more coronavirus...

Cerner Deploys Enhanced Clinical Decision Support Technology

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Cerner Corporation and Holon Solutions have announced a partnership to offer accelerated, seamless clinical decision support at the point of care. The organizations will deploy patented technology...

Research Partnership to Focus on COVID-19 Health Disparities

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The National Quality Minority Forum (NMQF) and Centene Corporation have launched a research partnership to evaluate the health disparities caused by COVID-19 in minority and underserved...

DoD Uses CARES Act Funds to Leverage AI for COVID-19 Vaccines

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The Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking to use money provided by Congress under the CARES Act to leverage artificial intelligence technology for COVID-19 vaccines. For more coronavirus updates,...

Big Data Model to Help Optimize Hospital Resources During COVID-19

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Researchers at Vanderbilt’s Data Science Institute are developing a model that will use big data to address the impact of COVID-19 on policies, procedures, and resources now and in the...

Real-Time Data Ring May Predict COVID-19 in Healthcare Workers

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Researchers at Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt College of Medicine are aiming to predict COVID-19 by using a smart ring that continuously tracks real-time data and physiological...

3 States to Use Apple, Google COVID-19 Contact Tracing System

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Alabama, North Dakota, and South Carolina are the first states to publicly comment about using Apple and Google’s COVID-19 contact tracing technology, now available to public health agencies on...

Amazon, UCSF Partner for COVID-19 Genome Sequencing Projects

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is partnering with researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) to conduct genome sequencing on the viruses infecting hundreds of COVID-19 patients in the...

Artificial Intelligence, Genomics Tools to Help Combat COVID-19

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To aid COVID-19 research efforts, NVIDIA has developed new artificial intelligence models, genomic sequencing software, and speech recognition technologies for the medical community. For more...

Genomic Data Collaboration to Aid Precision Medicine, Drug Discovery

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The Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine (CCPM) at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is partnering with the Regeneron Genetics Center (RGC) to advance precision medicine and drug...