A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.

If a medical AI algorithm performs well, why let the proverbial black box undermine confidence in it?

 

As part of its $5 million pandemic response, Amazon is placing more than 8,000 of its Echo Dot devices across dozens of senior-living facilities in parts of California and Washington State.

It was late April when the CDC added impaired taste and/or smell to its list of COVID-19 symptoms. Thanks to AI and natural language processing (NLP), researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina had beaten the federal agency to the punch.

AI enthusiasts have varying aims and incentives for pushing the technology into healthcare, but many parrot a common set of justifications. Do any of these sound familiar?

Researchers have demonstrated a way to visually explore small-molecule inhibitors that, according to algorithmic suggestions, show potential for targeting COVID-19’s main proteins.

Healthcare AI startups are asserting AI’s fitness for the fight against COVID-19. How’s that working from the perspective of healthcare providers?

After seeing telehealth visits skyrocket 3,700% in April over March—most of them COVID-related—UPMC is touting its use of AI to help patients retain and apply doctors’ guidance offered during virtual visits.