Precision Medicine

Also called personalized medicine, this evolving field makes use of an individual’s genes, lifestyle, environment and other factors to identify unique disease risks and guide treatment decision-making.
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AI platform expected to improve medical image analysis, expand ALS research

A new international partnership is focused on using AI technology to take a closer look at the human brain and advance amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research.  

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Algorithm finds promising—and heretofore hidden—superbug-buster

After poring over the chemical compositions of more than 107 million molecules used to make all sorts of drugs, a machine learning algorithm has plucked out one unexpected candidate that may be medicine’s best hope yet against dreaded superbugs.

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Watson rolls out toolset to streamline clinical study design

Healthcare AI giant IBM Watson Health has introduced software that can help medical researchers design clinical studies right the first time so as to minimize the need for tweaking and fine-tuning while their study is underway.

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Amazon Care goes live in Seattle

Amazon’s virtual care clinic offering for its Seattle-based employees has gone live.

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Advanced AI models improve data extraction from free-text pathology reports

Researchers have developed two AI-powered tools for automatically extracting key information from free-text pathology reports. The team shared its findings in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

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How AI can improve care, limit unnecessary surgeries for patients with kidney tumors

Machine learning-based CT texture analysis can help with the evaluation of solid renal masses, according to new findings published in Academic Radiology. Could this help reduce the number of patients undergoing unnecessary surgeries?

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The rise of AI is approaching—have we really thought this through?

AI technology could replace countless jobs in the not-so-distant future, making an impact on workforces all over the world. According to a new analysis published in Information and Organization, researchers and policymakers alike should pay especially close attention to this development and get involved now—before it’s too late.

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Inconsistent AI: Deep learning models for breast cancer fail to deliver after closer inspection

Numerous deep learning models can detect and classify imaging findings with a performance that rivals human radiologists. However, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, many of these AI models aren’t nearly as impressive when applied to external data sets.

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Compensation for heart specialists continues to climb. What does this say about cardiology as a whole? Could private equity's rising influence bring about change? We spoke to MedAxiom CEO Jerry Blackwell, MD, MBA, a veteran cardiologist himself, to learn more.

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals. 

As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”