Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a crucial component of healthcare to help augment physicians and make them more efficient. In medical imaging, it is helping radiologists more efficiently manage PACS worklists, enable structured reporting, auto detect injuries and diseases, and to pull in relevant prior exams and patient data. In cardiology, AI is helping automate tasks and measurements on imaging and in reporting systems, guides novice echo users to improve imaging and accuracy, and can risk stratify patients. AI includes deep learning algorithms, machine learning, computer-aided detection (CAD) systems, and convolutional neural networks. 

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Pandemic uncovering AI’s potential for psychiatric epidemiology

The COVID crisis has driven mental-health issues into the medical matrix at the population level. AI may be able to help. 

5 healthcare vendors recognized for AI innovation

What the five have in common are software products aimed at helping providers improve patient engagement by leveraging AI. The recognized companies also meet IDC’s criteria for having revenues below $100 million.

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Not going unnoticed: Mayo Clinic’s interest in tapping patient data to advance medical AI

Healthcare AI companies of all sizes need patient data to design their products and make their fortunes. Big healthcare providers have the data and need the tech partners to help advance modern medicine.

3 ways AI is accelerating the fight against COVID

AI companies serving healthcare markets have been fast to tailor their work to the COVID-19 crisis. An opinion piece published by the World Economic Forum offers a sampling.

Algorithms to help Hospital Sisters cut wasteful use of surgical services

The Midwestern Catholic health system Hospital Sisters is working with an AI startup to block overutilization of surgical services.

Major health system delivering COVID supplies by drone

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has cleared North Carolina-based Novant Health to use unmanned aerial vehicles for transporting PPE and other medical supplies without human-to-human contact.

AI adoption in clinical radiology: 4 ups, 4 downs

If healthcare AI is to improve care and efficiency in clinical practice across medicine, its proponents in radiology must implement it in a structured manner.

Why AI has fallen well short of outsmarting COVID-19

Understood as a virtual army in the war against COVID-19, AI has vast stockpiles of potential weaponry with which to wage many a battle. That’s the good news.

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