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System Obtains More Training Data for Machine Learning Models

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MIT researchers have developed an automated system that can gather more data from images used to train machine learning models, including algorithms that can analyze brain scans to help diagnose and...

Google, Sanofi to Use Deep Learning for Healthcare Innovation

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Google and Sanofi have partnered to launch a virtual Healthcare Innovation Lab, which will use deep learning and other data analytics technologies to transform the delivery of medicine and health...

Data Sharing Partnership Boosts Medical Emergency Outcomes

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The American Heart Association (AHA) is partnering with RapidSOS to improve medical emergency outcomes by enabling data sharing between patients and first responders. The solution from AHA and...

Data Management Tools, Incentives May Aid Clinical Trial Enrollment

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Data management platforms and financial incentives may help organizations increase cancer clinical trial enrollment and patient recruitment, states a study published in the Journal of Clinical...

Machine Learning Algorithm Accelerates Diagnosis of Gut Disease

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Machine learning algorithms can rapidly analyze biopsy images and reduce the time it takes to diagnose gut diseases in children, revealed a study published in JAMA Network Open. Sana Syed, assistant...

Multi-Drug Therapies Improve Precision Medicine for Cancer

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Using multi-drug therapies helped improve outcomes among patients with therapy-resistant cancers, indicating that combination drug treatments could improve precision medicine for cancer care, according...

Regenstrief Announces Pilot Grant to Use Data for Opioid Crisis

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Regenstrief Institute will host a pilot grant program and solicit ideas for how to use data to solve the opioid crisis, the organization announced at its Opioid Collaboratory. At the meeting of nearly...

ACC, Veradigm Partner to Create Data-Driven Chronic Disease Network

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The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is partnering with Veradigm to launch a data-driven, ambulatory chronic disease network that will accelerate research for cardiovascular disease and diabetes...

Refining Clinical Decision Support Tools to Ease Physician Burnout

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As healthcare has become increasingly digital and patient outcomes have become more intertwined with provider rewards, physicians have turned to clinical decision support (CDS) tools to help them...

IBM, Walmart Collaborate for FDA Blockchain Pilot Program

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IBM, Walmart, KPMG, and Merck will collaborate as part of FDA’s pilot project to identify, track, and trace prescription medicines using blockchain technology. The program is intended to assist...

AMA Supports Artificial Intelligence in Medical Practice, Training

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The American Medical Association (AMA) has endorsed and adopted several new policies to support the integration of artificial intelligence in medical practice and training. At the association’s...

Deep Learning Predicts Women’s Future Risk of Breast Cancer

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Using deep learning technology, researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) were able to predict women’s future risk of breast cancer...

Mount Sinai Launches New Center for Artificial Intelligence

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The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has announced the launch of a new center that will advance clinical care with artificial intelligence, genomic screening, and data science. The Hamilton and...

Machine Learning, Risk Scores Help Predict Hospital Readmissions

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Researchers at the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) have developed a machine learning model that creates risk scores to help clinicians identify which patients are at highest risk of...

Deep Learning Tool Helps Clinicians Accurately Detect Aneurysms

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Deep learning technology could help clinicians more accurately identify intracranial aneurysms, resulting in fewer incidents of stroke, brain damage, or death, a study published in JAMA Network Open...

FDA Issues Draft Guidance to Enhance Clinical Trial Diversity

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FDA has issued draft guidance discussing how sponsors can enhance the diversity of populations in clinical trials. While the agency noted that it has made progress in increasing enrollment diversity,...

AMIA Urges FDA to Modify AI, Machine Learning Regulatory Framework

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AMIA is encouraging FDA to modify its regulatory framework for Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML)-based software as a medical device (SaMD), particularly in areas of potential bias and...

94% of Healthcare Execs Say AI, Blockchain Have Advanced Innovation

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Ninety-four percent of healthcare executives report that artificial intelligence, blockchain, and other emerging technologies have accelerated the pace of innovation over the past three years,...

NIH Clinical Trials Apply Genomics to Chronic Disease Management

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will fund clinical trials to assess the benefits, applicability, and efficacy of applying genomic medicine to chronic disease management. The trials are part of...

One-Third of Patients Struggle with Social Determinants of Health

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One-third of patients in the US frequently or occasionally struggle with the social determinants of health, with individuals stressed about providing for their families’ housing, food,...