Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a crucial component of healthcare to help augment physicians and make them more efficient. In medical imaging, it is helping radiologists more efficiently manage PACS worklists, enable structured reporting, auto detect injuries and diseases, and to pull in relevant prior exams and patient data. In cardiology, AI is helping automate tasks and measurements on imaging and in reporting systems, guides novice echo users to improve imaging and accuracy, and can risk stratify patients. AI includes deep learning algorithms, machine learning, computer-aided detection (CAD) systems, and convolutional neural networks.

FDA takes first step toward ending animal testing as part of ‘3.0 modernization'
Monoclonal antibody therapies will be the first drugs permitted to take advantage of alternatives, including advanced lab simulations and artificial intelligence. A pilot framework to phase out the decades-long requirement for animal testing will be rolled out in the coming year, the FDA said.
Opportunistic screening tool for osteoporosis nabs FDA clearance
The algorithm can be applied to noncontrast abdominal CT scans completed for any clinical indication.
Members of Congress propose faster Medicare payment pathway for imaging AI
The Health Tech Investment Act will place all FDA-approved AI devices into the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System for a minimum of five years.
GenAI adopters tentative now but confident soon: Survey
GenAI initiatives are complex and—in some cases—costly. “As such, the main rationale for pursuing them needs to be business growth, not workforce reductions.”
Consumers nudge providers to improve patient engagement—personally and digitally
The authors of the survey report note that AI tools mentioned by respondents run the gamut from automated appointment reminders to dynamic “care gap” messaging.

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Antibiotics prescriptions: There’s a large-language model for that

Add this to the list of high-risk healthcare activities to which generative AI can contribute: prescribing antibiotics.

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LAAO or DOAC? Mayo Clinic AI helps guide treatment of AFib patients

It can be challenging to know which AFib patients are the best candidates for LAAO. A new algorithm out of Mayo Clinic aims to address that problem.

SubtleHD receives FDA clearance for AI-powered MRI solutions

FDA clears AI software capable of reducing MRI acquisition times by up to 80%

The product was developed to both improve image quality and shorten image acquisition times.

Healthcare AI newswatch: UnitedHealth lawsuit, humanized medical AI, mobile AI care clinics, more

A federal judge has vacated five of seven complaints against UnitedHealth Group—yet is allowing the AI-implicated suit to advance.

Deep learning reconstruction improves breast MRI quality

Deep learning reconstruction cuts breast MRI scan times in half

The use of DLR also provides greater flexibility with protocols in comparison to conventional single-shot echo-planar imaging.

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4 important AMA insights into physician thinking on, behavior with healthcare AI

Two in five practicing physicians are equal parts enthused over and worried about AI in healthcare. That’s the same ratio the American Medical Association turned up the last time it conducted its Physician Sentiment Survey.

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Radiologists debate the merits of AI for work list triage in emergency settings

Physicians with two academic institutions made their cases in dueling opinion pieces published in the American Journal of Roentgenology Wednesday.

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AI spots missed colorectal cancers on routine CT scans

Rates of colorectal cancer are on the rise, most notably in younger adults, who have seen CRC diagnoses double over the last decade.

Artificial Intelligence

FDA takes first step toward ending animal testing as part of ‘3.0 modernization'

Opportunistic screening tool for osteoporosis nabs FDA clearance

Members of Congress propose faster Medicare payment pathway for imaging AI

GenAI adopters tentative now but confident soon: Survey

Consumers nudge providers to improve patient engagement—personally and digitally