artificial intelligence in healthcare

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artificial intelligence malpractice

If a clinician you care about counts on AI to help make medical decisions, remind them: Tort law principles hold that doing so means risking liability should a patient sue over harm done.

Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models can evaluate cardiovascular risk in routine chest CT scans without contrast, according to new research published in Nature Communications.[1] In fact, the authors noted, the AI approach may be more effective at identifying issues than relying on guidance from radiologists. Representative non-contrast CT slices for two patients (left), with super-imposed segmentations (right). One artificial intelligence (AI) model was used to segment a cardiac mask.

Two advanced algorithms—one for CAC scores and another for segmenting cardiac chamber volumes—outperformed radiologists when assessing low-dose chest CT scans. 

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Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

kaiser permanente nurses protest AI in healthcare

Healthcare leaders around the U.S. might want to take notice of what’s going on in the streets of San Francisco this week.

Dave Walker explains how AI is helping improve the revenue cycle in radiology. #RBMA #RBMA24 #RBMA2024

Dave Walker, senior director of revenue cycle, Radiology Associates of North Texas, explains how his practice uses artificial intelligence for revenue cycle management during the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) 2024 meeting.

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Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

stanford institute for human centered artificial intelligence

All around the world, people are increasingly wise to the advance of AI. More than a few are growing ever more uneasy about it. And yet workers equipped with AI are both more productive and better at their jobs.

Partnership

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.

Compute

AI companies serving healthcare markets have been fast to tailor their work to the COVID-19 crisis. An opinion piece published by the World Economic Forum offers a sampling.

Black Box

If a medical AI algorithm performs well, why let the proverbial black box undermine confidence in it?

 

New research presented at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery examined the lack of diversity seen among this important specialty. 

The Midwestern Catholic health system Hospital Sisters is working with an AI startup to block overutilization of surgical services.

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Two advanced algorithms—one for CAC scores and another for segmenting cardiac chamber volumes—outperformed radiologists when assessing low-dose chest CT scans. 

Dave Walker, senior director of revenue cycle, Radiology Associates of North Texas, explains how his practice uses artificial intelligence for revenue cycle management during the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) 2024 meeting.

An independent heart team blinded to ICA results was able to deliver helpful guidance for CABG procedures for 99.1% of patients using just CCTA and FFRCT alone. This approach is safe and feasible, researchers wrote, and the next step is to gather additional data.