Clinical Research

artificial intelligence in scientific research

3 ‘illusions,’ 3 ‘visions’ that AI-using researchers need to know to avoid

Scientists are people too. As such, when engaged in research projects using AI, they must resist the very human impulse to over-delegate tasks to algorithms.

March 14, 2024
AI artificial intelligence stethoscope doctor

AI model detects multiple heart issues in a single 10-second audio clip

The advanced algorithm achieved a sensitivity of 93% and specificity of 98%. It was trained to identify up to five different valvular diseases at the same time from a single audio clip.

October 10, 2023
artificial intelligence industry

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

June 9, 2023
Medical student artificial intelligence training

Medical educators encouraged to equip physicians-to-be with 4 AI competencies

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have developed an elective course that can quickly transform fourth-year medical students from functional AI novices to budding AI experts.

June 6, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) analysis from a remote ECG monitor showing the AI generated report on the Philips Cardiologs system, during a demonstration of the technology at Heart Rhythm 2023. Photo by Dave Fornell

AI correctly IDs ventricular arrhythmias in 88% of patients with sustained VT

New research suggests AI could offer physicians a new, state-of-the-art approach to sudden cardiac arrest risk management.

May 24, 2023
National Science Foundation AI Institutes

$140M in federal funds primed to advance AI across 7 realms

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is setting up seven new institutes for studying foundational AI. Two of the initiatives have healthcare as a prime focus.

May 9, 2023
ChatGPT bests physicians at patient care

AI outplays physicians at informing patients and feeling their pain too

Unexpected empathy: Blinded healthcare professionals consistently scored the AI—yes, a ChatGPT model—higher than the doctors even for bedside manners.

May 2, 2023
Large language AI ChatGPT concerns thought leaders

Generative AI: 5 concerns voiced by healthcare thought leaders

Every industry on earth is buzzing over the promise and potential of ChatGPT and similarly sharp AI models, whether “large language” or another generative form. Healthcare is no exception. But shouldn’t it be?

April 26, 2023

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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