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Duke U. puts practical implications first in AI development

BY Jeff Rowe | October 13, 2020

The Duke research team focuses on tools that add clear value by asking frontline health workers what would be most helpful.

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Pitt-Amazon AI partnership pushes forward on breast cancer

BY Jeff Rowe | October 12, 2020

Among other projects, a team of experts in computer vision, deep learning, bioinformatics, and breast cancer imaging has been working to develop a more personalized approach for patients undergoing breast cancer screening.

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Pandemic pressures point to need for targeted AI investment

BY Jeff Rowe | October 12, 2020

Given numerous pressing workforce trends and the potential of AI, says one data industry stakeholder, healthcare organizations know the answer is to innovate while navigating difficult financial realities.

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AI-based program enhances mental health monitoring for veterans

BY Jeff Rowe | October 09, 2020

To help monitor veterans’ mental health, especially during the pandemic, the Department of Veterans Affairs is increasingly relying on AI-based analytics.

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Intermountain expands its My Health+ app with AI platform

BY Jeff Rowe | October 08, 2020

By connecting clinicians to legacy EHR systems and enabling automation of manual workflows, the organization’s platform will give clinicians easy access to up-to-date information to guide their health evaluations.

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Researchers use NLP to identify “lonely” speech patterns

BY Jeff Rowe | September 30, 2020

According to the study, the men interviewed were found to use more fearful and joyful words in their interviews, while the women studied were more likely to explicitly vocalize feelings of loneliness.

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Researchers enlist AI in search for new tissue healing materials

BY Jeff Rowe | September 29, 2020

AI has a significant role to play in the development new medical materials, say researchers, noting these models have the potential to someday dramatically improve tissue injury healing.

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US Defense Innovation Unit taps AI to develop early coronavirus detection tool

BY Jeff Rowe | September 28, 2020

Known better for its work in areas like cyberthreat detection, the DIU also occasionally turns its attention to health-related projects such as a cancer-detection project recently announced in partnership with Google.

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How health plans could be key to AI in healthcare

BY Jeff Rowe | September 26, 2020

To overcome the longstanding “silo effect,” says one stakeholder, data sharing must continue if AI is to reach its potential in healthcare.