More tech training desired for healthcare professionals, especially for AI tools, new report shows
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Aaron Dorman
Nov 27, 2023
More than 40% of healthcare pros believe a lack of tech skills is the biggest obstacle they face, a new report on training shows.
Data CEO emphasizes key provider traits that make AI work in healthcare
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Aaron Dorman
Oct 04, 2023
The key to building trust in AI services for healthcare provides involves transparency and integration into existing systems, one data CEO suggests.
AI tools show promise in gauging caregivers’ mental health burdens
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Aaron Dorman
Nov 09, 2023
AI tools showed promise in evaluating mental health issues in hundreds of healthcare workers, including nurses, a new report shows.
Tech can aid senior living and care staff, but cost and privacy still big concerns: expert weighs in
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Aaron Dorman
Sep 07, 2023
Some challenges related to properly staffing skilled nursing facilities can be met by using tools like patient monitoring, an expert on health technology notes.
AI ability to mimic empathy worries, rather than comforts, many researchers
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Aaron Dorman
Apr 04, 2024
Two studies evaluated AI’s use in two very important care contexts, mental health and cancer care, and noted concerns about mimicking empathy.
AI and aging the focus of 5 new projects that score $1.25M in funding
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Aaron Dorman
Jul 05, 2023
A headband to study sleep staging and a wearable sensor that can help prevent falls highlight a slate of new projects that will be funded as part of a university and industry partnership that focuses on...
Faster AI imaging can produce more nuanced cancer treatments, developers say
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Aaron Dorman
Sep 14, 2023
A new AI program can use images of a person’s body and organs to evaluate for cancer treatment within several minutes — much faster than current methods, researchers say.
Next-gen lamps combine smart lighting and passive monitoring for fewer senior falls incidents
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Aaron Dorman
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 08, 2023
One tech company that makes smart lamps says its monitoring system prevents falls while providing a pleasing aesthetic to LTC residents.
AI tools can help mitigate elopement challenges, company says
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 29, 2024
AI can help monitor seniors with cognitive impairment and stop wandering or elopement, one RPM company suggests.
Both skeptics and proponents of healthcare AI cite necessity of human-centered approach in new reports
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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.