AI outperforms glaucoma, retina specialists for diagnostic accuracy
Feb 28, 2024
Trainees and specialists rated a chatbot’s accuracy and completeness more favorably than those of their specialist counterparts.
AI’s latest benefits extend from a wheelchair to cardiac care, health experts tout
By
Aaron Dorman
Feb 28, 2024
AI is now able to diagnose a specific kind of heart failure, HFpEF, and can improve wheelchair mobility, according to a new report.
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
$4.1M to see if artificial intelligence can treat sleep apnea
By
Aaron Dorman
Feb 14, 2024
Researchers at Mount Sinai in New York received a $4.1 million grant to study how AI can predict the progression of prolonged sleep apnea.
AI scam-busting tool gives seniors a way to fight back against swindlers
By
Aaron Dorman
Feb 05, 2024
A newly launched online program is designed to address the threat of AI scams and teach older adults about how to “distinguish truth from fiction.”
Healthcare software giant aims WellSky-high in bid to access Google Cloud services
By
Aaron Dorman
Feb 02, 2024
WellSky will be partnering with Google to access its cloud technologies, including AI data analysis, the companies announced Thursday.
AI model for early prediction of sepsis improves outcomes
Jan 31, 2024
Benefits include a significant reduction in mortality and a significant increase in sepsis bundle compliance.
NEJM’s new AI-focused peer-reviewed journal makes debut
By
Aaron Dorman
Jan 25, 2024
A peer-reviewed publication dedicated to the use of AI in healthcare and medicine made its debut this month.
FDA approves AI device that helps spot skin cancer
Jan 18, 2024
Along with helping to spot melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, the device can also assess moles for basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma.
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.