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Vanderbilt U rolls out AI voice assistant for EHRs

BY Jeff Rowe | February 12, 2019

While the current generation of voice assistants deals with structured information, stakeholders say the next level of summarizing free-text content is going to be game-changing.

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Report: healthcare startups out front in developing medical AI

BY Jeff Rowe | February 11, 2019

Often lacking the research capabilities to develop AI-assisted products in-house, big corporations are increasingly partnering with startups in the healthcare sector.

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UK study shows AI can expedite critical X-ray analysis

BY Jeff Rowe | February 07, 2019

Unlike previous studies, which have investigated the potential of NLP and computer vision techniques in the classification of radiographs, researchers focused on prospects of using AI for real-time prioritization.

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Workforce training key to AI success in healthcare

BY Jeff Rowe | February 06, 2019

As the role of AI increases, the report said, academic institutions will need to offer expanded course offerings in hardcore technical fields like computer, data and cognitive science.

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How AI is helping increase precision diagnostics

BY Jeff Rowe | February 06, 2019

An influx of AI tools around the world is enabling healthcare to become more personalized, integrated and collaborative.

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New tech taps deep learning to improve skin cancer diagnoses

BY Jeff Rowe | February 05, 2019

The combination of human experience and AI can contribute to a drastic improvement in diagnostic accuracy in early skin cancer detection, stakeholders say, with the potential for almost 100 per cent accuracy.

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As with other health IT, AI requires effective cybersecurity systems

BY Jeff Rowe | February 04, 2019

When it comes to evaluating artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for a health system, cybersecurity may not be the top consideration, but according to security experts it needs to be pretty close.

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How AI can help doctors and patients have better conversations

BY Jeff Rowe | January 31, 2019

How long might it be before speech recognition, machine learning, and other developments in AI will offer insights into what happens between clinicians and patients?

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AI and cancer care: it’s only the beginning

BY Jeff Rowe | January 30, 2019

New AI has enabled doctors to improve their detection of conditions like epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease, and stakeholders say the field of oncology may be the next to benefit.