Ethnic disparity seen when diagnosing bacterial vaginosis using AI
Dec 27, 2023
The models perform least effectively for Hispanic and Asian women when evaluating false-positive and false-negative rates.
Mobile device may ID wound infections earlier
Aug 30, 2023
The device combines photography, infrared thermography and bacterial fluorescence images.
AI-aided stethoscope may aid home monitoring of asthma exacerbations
Dec 08, 2023
The greatest effectiveness, however, was seen for young children compared with adults.
Raspberry Pi-based system accurate for detecting facial palsy
Dec 27, 2023
A Raspberry Pi device with a digital camera and a deep learning algorithm achieved accuracy of 98%.
AI tools help predict complications following lower-extremity fracture
Apr 10, 2024
XGBoost was identified as the optimal model, achieving average test AUC of 0.90 before the synthetic minority oversampling technique.
Deep learning improves diagnostic accuracy for skin diseases
Feb 16, 2024
Both specialists and generalists were 4 percentage points less accurate for diagnosis of images of dark versus light skin
AI tool may aid remote assessment of Parkinson’s symptom severity
Sep 18, 2023
Performance was better than that of a certified rater but not quite as good as that of an expert neurologists.
High remote patient monitoring practices offer improved hypertension care
Nov 07, 2023
An increase was seen in hypertension medication fills, days’ supply and unique medications received, but an increase in hypertension-linked spending also was seen.
Many dead patients still listed as alive in electronic health records
Dec 29, 2023
The deceased patients received unnecessary outreach, including appointment reminders and prescription refills.
ChatGPT potentially beneficial for treating depression
Oct 18, 2023
ChatGPT recommended psychotherapy for most cases of mild depression, whereas primary care physicians rarely recommended it.