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Community health network turns to AI for help identifying coronavirus patients

BY Jeff Rowe | March 17, 2020

Experts agree that extensive patient outreach will be essential to ensuring vulnerable patient populations are able to access testing and treatment as the coronavirus pandemic wears on.

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Israeli startup taps AI for early disease detection

BY Jeff Rowe | March 05, 2020

With new AI mining medical records for potential risks or “telling” data patterns, the promise of “personalized medicine” comes one step closer to being reality.

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New AI tool offers hope against infant eye disease

BY Jeff Rowe | March 04, 2020

Providers have long claimed a rapid progression of the symptoms when diagnosing the condition, but to date there hasn’t been a way to measure this clinical feature.

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AI: on the front lines in the fight against coronavirus

BY Jeff Rowe | February 28, 2020

Among other tools being used in the fight against the growing epidemic, AI is helping to identify coronavirus symptoms, find new treatments and track the spread of the disease.

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For AI in mental health, the future is now

BY Jeff Rowe | February 27, 2020

From prescribing drugs to listening to your problems daily, AI has the potential to reshape mental health care in powerful and meaningful ways.

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AI model yields new drug to overcome antibiotic resistance

BY Jeff Rowe | February 21, 2020

Using a deep-learning model, researchers at MIT have identified a powerful new drug that can kill many species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

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Sutter Health introduces AI-based "safety net" for lung cancer scans

BY Jeff Rowe | February 19, 2020

While Sutter already has lower-than-average rates of preventable errors in its lung cancer detection, the health system hopes this technology will further improve their percentages.

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UK researchers use AI to predict heart attacks and stroke

BY Jeff Rowe | February 18, 2020

The study demonstrated AI’s ability to predict which patients might die or suffer major adverse heart events better than a doctor using traditional approaches.

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Ethics-based governance key to success of AI in healthcare

BY Jeff Rowe | February 11, 2020

Yes, AI is transforming healthcare, says one stakeholder, but ethical guidelines for its development and use need to be put in place to ensure safe outcomes and longterm public trust.