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.
AMA to develop guidelines to combat AI inaccuracies in healthcare
By
Christine Birkner
Jun 14, 2023
The American Medical Association is creating recommendations and guidelines on the use of AI to protect patients and physicians.
COVID testing program uses artificial intelligence to maximize limited resources in senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 12, 2021
A somewhat rare use of artificial intelligence in senior living is helping an operator maximize limited resources by predicting the severity of COVID-19 symptoms in residents to determine who should be...
Both skeptics and proponents of healthcare AI cite necessity of human-centered approach in new reports
By
Aaron Dorman
Oct 24, 2023
AI needs to help patients to be useful in healthcare, and the necessary guardrails involve human intervention, two recent reports state.
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.
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.
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.
New tech can help stop healthcare-associated infections from spreading, study suggests
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 15, 2024
AI can be an important component of surveillance against infection outbreaks in healthcare settings, researchers have found.
Senators expand appeal to FTC on AI threats to elderly
By
Aaron Dorman
Dec 07, 2023
A group of four US senators is urging the FTC to take action against artificial intelligence and scam threats aimed at older adults.