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.

Sensyne Health to help Bayer develop AI-enabled imaging solutions

Sensyne Health announced Thursday, Oct. 10, that it has joined Bayer’s newest innovation hub, LifeHub UK, and will work toward developing solutions for automated image evaluation.

October 10, 2019
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Researchers receive $4M to study AI’s role in diagnosing CVD

A team of researchers from West Virginia and Arkansas are beginning a four-year project aimed at using AI to improve the treatment of cardiovascular disease and cut healthcare costs.

October 10, 2019
Cheryl Petersilge, MD, MBA, with the department of regional radiology at the Cleveland Clinic, examined enterprise imaging—and how radiologists must integrate and collaborate with other departments. Her clinical perspective clinical perspective was published online in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

AI improves image quality for diagnosis of liver lesions

AI can improve CT findings and play a key role in the evaluation of hypovascular hepatic metastases, according to a new study published in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.

October 10, 2019

Insilico Medicine announces new AI collaboration with CTFH

Insilico Medicine, a Hong Kong-based AI company, has announced a new collaboration with Jiangsu Chia Tai Fenghai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (CTFH) aimed at improving care for breast cancer patients.

October 10, 2019

Change Healthcare introduces AI to its CDS system

Change Healthcare has added AI capabilities to its CareSelect Imaging clinical decision support (CDS) solution.

October 9, 2019

Can AI match the performance of PI-RADS assessments?

A convolutional neural network (CNN) could assist radiologists with the detection and segmentation of suspicious findings on prostate MRI scans, according to a new study published in Radiology.

October 9, 2019
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$50M research center established to concentrate on ‘experiential’ AI

Northeastern University in Boston has announced the launch of a new research hub focused on ensuring AI systems help rather than replace humans working in healthcare, cybersecurity and sustainability.

October 8, 2019
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Pacemaker patient selection aided by AI

Machine learning can help electrophysiologists or other heart specialists decide whether a patient is a good candidate for a pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator, according to a study published Oct. 3 in PLOS One.

October 4, 2019

Around the web

U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.

When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.

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.

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