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Patients Show Less Trust in Preventive Care Interventions Suggested By AI

September 13, 2022 - Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found that individuals exhibit less trust in artificial intelligence (AI)-suggested preventive care measures than those from health experts, but emphasizing human involvement in AI-suggested interventions may help. The study defines preventive care interventions as...

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by Mark Melchionna

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Mayo Clinic, Lisa Health Leverage AI to Create Personalized Menopause App

by Shania Kennedy

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Clinical Decision Support May Cut Antibiotic Use for Child Diarrhea

by Jessica Kent

A digital clinical decision support tool can help providers determine whether a child’s diarrhea is caused by bacteria or a virus and potentially cut inappropriate antibiotic use, according to a...

Machine Learning, Real-Time Data App Rates COVID-19 Exposure Risk

by Jessica Kent

The Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI) has released an app that uses machine learning and real-time data to measure COVID-19 exposure risk in Dallas County residents. The MyPCI App will...

Predictive Analytics Tool Helps Fill Gaps in COVID-19 Data

by Jessica Kent

A predictive analytics tool has helped public health leaders in Chicago improve the quality of COVID-19 data, reducing the category of “unknown” race in tests from 47 percent to 11...

NIH Provides Funding for COVID-19-Related Big Data Projects

by Jessica Kent

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is offering contracts to seven companies and academic organizations to develop COVID-19-related digital technologies using big data. For more coronavirus...

UCI Uses Campus Wi-Fi to Test COVID-19 Contact Tracing App

by Jessica Kent

The University of California, Irvine is seeking to leverage the campus’s Wi-Fi connectivity to deploy a COVID-19 contact tracing application, which could help reduce the spread of the virus. For...

Mobile App Data Reveals Prevalence of Urban Food Deserts

by Jessica Kent

Crowdsourced data from mobile apps like Yelp could help leaders identify food deserts and guide health policy, according to a study published in Frontiers in Public Health. The classification of food...

3 States to Use Apple, Google COVID-19 Contact Tracing System

by Jessica Kent

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by Emily Sokol, MPH

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Just 4% of Psychiatrists Think AI Will Make Their Jobs Obsolete

by Jessica Kent

Only 3.8 percent of psychiatrists think it is likely that artificial intelligence will completely overtake their jobs in the future, according to a global survey conducted by Sermo. Just 17 percent...

100% of Clinical Trial Sponsors Need Improved Data Exchange

by Jessica Kent

One hundred percent of clinical trial sponsors cite the need for better data exchange among study partners, indicating that the industry is pushing for more streamlined trial processes and systems, a...

Inching Toward the Data-Driven Future of Population Health Management

by Jessica Kent

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mHealth Data to Play Big Role in Artificial Intelligence, Analytics

by Jessica Kent

mHealth data, extracted from wearable devices and patient monitoring tools, will play a critical role in powering artificial intelligence and analytics technology in the future, according to a recent...

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by Jessica Kent

The Docket app, the winning submission in ONC’s Move Health Data Forward (MHDF) Challenge, is adding a new feature that will help individuals access their personal and family immunization...

FDA Foresees Few Patient Safety Issues with Data from Rx Apps

by Jennifer Bresnick

The FDA is suggesting a hands-off approach to reviewing prescription drug applications that present data with low risks to patient safety, the agency said in a request for comments published in...

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