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.
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AI with ‘transparent clinical reasoning’ might stand in for busy toxicologists

Explainable AI is almost as sharp as human experts when the cause is simple and straightforward, as with ingestion of a single common cleaning product.

May 25, 2021

JPMorgan Chase launches healthcare initiative

JPMorgan Chase is forging a new path in the healthcare space following the downfall of Haven Healthcare, its recent joint venture with Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway.

 

May 24, 2021

AMN Healthcare acquires virtual care platform for $42M

AMN Healthcare, a medical staffing firm based in Texas, has acquired a virtual care company that specializes in home health and outpatient care for $42 million.

 

May 24, 2021
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Field AI tool triages victims of gun violence

In a tryout trial, the technique quickly and accurately predicted shock as well as the need for early massive transfusion and major surgery.

May 21, 2021
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NLP facilitates a long, hard look at linguistic cues to mental health

Natural language processing of social media posts is useful for identifying depression, anxiety and suicidal thinking, but models trained on population data cannot discern long-term patterns in any one person’s state of mind.

May 20, 2021
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Stanford researchers say hospitals overcount pediatric COVID cases

Hospitalizations among children for COVID-19 are likely being overcounted, according to Stanford researchers.

May 19, 2021
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Psychiatry turns to AI for new help with an old problem

AI is poised to help settle an argument that’s been roiling academic psychiatry for more than a century: Are bipolar disorder and schizophrenia two distinct diagnoses—or points along a single continuum?

May 18, 2021
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Duke researchers present new vaccine to prevent all future COVID-like pandemics

Researchers at Duke University are working on a vaccine that has the potential to stop future pandemics by protecting against a variety of coronavirus infections that can jump from animals to humans.

May 17, 2021