Researcher eyes assisted living as base for testing AI-powered dementia screening technology
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 14, 2024
A research-based startup is looking to assisted living providers as it works to commercialize its artificial intelligence-powered platform to improve the dementia screening process.
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Hospital study on AI identifies patients with undiagnosed dementia coming from LTC
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Aaron Dorman
Jan 16, 2024
New research is looking at AI, EHRs to flag individuals who might have dementia, so that when they arrive at a hospital, the care team is ready.
New access to less costly, specialized dementia CT scan diagnostics found
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Aaron Dorman
Oct 24, 2023
A new technique uses AI and CT scans to help diagnose brain disorders, including dementia, according to a study of more than 1,000 seniors.
Too many false-positives throw accuracy of new Alzheimer’s blood test screener into doubt
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Aaron Dorman
Oct 30, 2023
A blood-test screener for Alzheimer’s that recently was released on the market may produce too many false positives, a new report warns.
Concierge services and virtual care options can improve access to high-value specialty care: survey
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 26, 2024
Although most people who have serious condition diagnoses are open to a specialty care via telehealth, less than half of them end up doing so.
AI model using health records predicts Alzheimer’s disease up to 5 years before diagnosis
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 01, 2023
A team of researchers designed an artificial intelligence system that can predict which individuals will develop Alzheimer’s disease up to five years before a diagnosis.
New AI tool helps spark the conversation about early dementia
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Aaron Dorman
Jul 06, 2023
A new app’s virtual agent asks memory-probing questions to patients — picture descriptions and verbal fluency tests — to look for signs of Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia.
New ‘Fastball’ test could help prevent Alzheimer’s curveballs
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Aaron Dorman
Jul 13, 2023
An innovative ‘fastball’ technique for identifying Alzheimer’s years before a diagnosis received a major funding boost.
AI-speech interpreter a first in growing list of Alzheimer’s tools
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Aaron Dorman
Sep 08, 2023
Researchers who describe Alzheimer’s as a “looming health crisis” have developed a new approach to screening the disease by using AI to interpret speech patterns.