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Federal AI Challenge Aims to Improve Patient Health Outcomes

February 14, 2023 - Launched by the US General Services Administration (GSA), an artificial intelligence (AI) challenge aims to improve mental health, addiction care, health equity, healthcare supply chain and safety, and cancer outcomes through a competition. GSA provides centralized procurement and services for the federal government while delivering technology...

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WHO: AI Models in Mental Health Services, Research Require Evaluation

by Mark Melchionna

Although there are potential benefits associated with using artificial intelligence (AI) to treat mental health conditions, many models require a review for bias, inaccuracies, over-optimism, and more,...

Predictive Analytics Tools Accurately Detect Pediatric Autism

by Shania Kennedy

A study published last week in JAMA Network Open describes how a set of EHR data-based predictive analytics tools can detect early autism using patient data collected before 1 year of age. According...

Risk Estimation Intervention Reveals Hurdles for Suicide Prevention

by Shania Kennedy

A mixed-methods quality improvement study published in JAMA Network Open found that using suicide risk estimation analytics did not augment existing prevention practices as intended during routine...

Leveraging a Technology Accelerator to Drive Addiction Treatment Success

by Shania Kennedy

Effective treatments that lead to improved patient outcomes are what clinicians strive to provide for their patients across healthcare settings and specialties. But there may be many hurdles to treatment success depending on the condition,...

NIH Launches AI Program to Advance Biomedical, Behavioral Research

by Shania Kennedy

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is investing $130 million over the next four years through the NIH Common Fund’s Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI) program to advance the use...

Crisis Management System to Support the 988 Suicide Lifeline

by Shania Kennedy

Healthcare technology solutions company Bamboo Health has developed a behavioral and mental health crisis system designed to support the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and improve care delivery. The...

AI Pain Care Tool May Increase Access, Reduce Costs for Chronic Pain Patients

by Shania Kennedy

New research published in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that an artificial intelligence (AI)-based cognitive behavioral therapy intervention for chronic pain (AI-CBT-CP) had similar outcomes to standard...

Machine Learning Finds Potential Biomarkers Associated with Autism

by Jessica Kent

Machine learning tools identified patterns of maternal autoantibodies indicating the likelihood and severity of autism in children, according to a study published in Molecular Psychiatry. The team...

Whole Genome Sequencing Reveals Genetic Risks of Schizophrenia

by Jessica Kent

In the largest-ever whole genome sequencing study of schizophrenia, researchers discovered that rare structural genetic variants could play a role in the development of the disorder. The findings...

Artificial Intelligence Helps Providers Choose Depression Therapies

by Jessica Kent

Artificial intelligence tools may be able to help providers objectively diagnose and prescribe depression treatments based on analyses of brain activity, according to a study published in Nature...

Genetic Sequencing Study Identifies 102 Genes Associated with Autism

by Jessica Kent

Researchers conducted a large-scale genetic sequencing study of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and identified 102 genes associated with the condition, which could help clinicians better understand ASD...

Care Coordination Platform Integrates Patients’ Clinical, Social Data

by Jessica Kent

Banner-University Health Plans (BUHP), a division of Banner Health, has built a new Banner Navigation Accelerator model, which will streamline and simplify care coordination by providing physicians...

Machine Learning Accurately Assesses Inpatient Violence Risk

by Jessica Kent

Training machine learning techniques on internal data from clinical notes in the EHR could help providers accurately evaluate violence risk in psychiatric patients, according to a study published in...

BCBSA Data Analytics Reveal Shifts in Behavioral, Mental Health

by Jennifer Bresnick

The nation’s behavioral and mental health patterns are changing rapidly as patients and providers change their responses to issues such as depression, ADHD, and pain management, reveals...

HHS Calls for Public Comment on Pain Management Draft Framework

by Jennifer Bresnick

HHS has released a draft report proposing recommendations to improve the nation’s pain management strategies and reduce the devastating impact of improperly used opioids on population...

KLAS: Behavioral Health EHR Vendors Perform Poorly

by Jessica Kent

EHR vendors in the behavioral health space demonstrated low performance rates in areas such as customer satisfaction and system updates, according to a new report from KLAS. The average overall score...

How to Integrate Clinical Care with Mental, Behavioral Healthcare

by Jessica Kent

As the industry continues its shift from volume to value, healthcare organizations should consider innovative strategies for incorporating mental and behavioral healthcare services with the clinical...

Early Adoption of Quality Measures Benefited Psychiatric Hospitals

by Jessica Kent

Hospitals that began reporting their inpatient psychiatric services measures early improved their performance over time and had a comparative advantage over their peers, according to a study conducted...

EHR Usability, Clear Benefits Drive Adoption in Behavioral Health

by Jessica Kent

To improve electronic health record (EHR) adoption among behavioral health clinicians, organizations must ensure high levels of EHR usability and share the clear benefits of EHR adoption, according to...

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