healthcare AI code of conduct
Submitted for consideration by all healthcare AI stakeholders: 10 principles, 6 commitments, 1 direction

Key collaborators across the healthcare AI life cycle now have a common set of principles to which they can hold each other. And that means everyone from developers and researchers to providers, regulators and even patients.

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First-in-human trial shows potential of guiding CABG with cardiac CT and AI—no ICA required

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. 

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

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The well for AI training data is running dry. Big Tech heavyweights are taking extraordinary measures to deal with the drought.

Bumping up hard against the reality of depleted data sources, three of AI’s top players have been acting like they’ve had no choice but to consider cutting corners.

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

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GenAI-focused market researchers: ‘The payer–provider divide is wide and has dangerous implications’

Providers and payers disagree on a lot of things. But the camps are united in their appreciation of workers who have skills relevant to advancing GenAI in healthcare. 

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

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Ready and willing but not yet able: America’s schools staring down GenAI

The nation’s K-12 teachers and school administrators are intrigued by—yet anxious about—the advance of AI into their world.

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People have COVID-19 questions, free AI service has answers

A tech giant is offering a free hand to healthcare experts working in various fields that could be tapping tireless AI rather than overworked humans to answer questions from the general public on COVID-19.

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Virtual reality shows COVID-19 lungs in vivid detail

The images are rendered from CT scans and allow viewers to navigate the lungs in 360-degree tours, as demonstrated in a video podcast posted by George Washington University Hospital.

Hurdles
3 hurdles healthcare AI should strive to clear this year

Want to see AI in healthcare? Look anywhere. Want to see AI underperforming in healthcare? The same directive applies.

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COVID-busting robots disinfecting PPE at Baptist Health

The multihospital Baptist Health system is responding to the national shortage of N95 masks by sanitizing its existing supply for safe reuse. And it’s delegated the task to non-humans.

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Cardiovascular Business
First-in-human trial shows potential of guiding CABG with cardiac CT and AI—no ICA required

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. 

Cardiovascular Business
AI helps cardiologists deliver personalized healthcare—but there is still plenty of work to do

A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association explores the many ways AI and machine learning are being used to improve care for heart patients.

Cardiovascular Business
Cardiologists partner with imaging AI specialists to improve care for high-risk heart patients

The new collaboration is designed to ensure patients who may face an increased risk of heart disease receive the follow-up care they need.

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