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.

CDS software improves patient outcomes as well as practitioner performance

Computerized clinical decision support has strong upsides and few to no downsides for both clinicians and patients, according to a systematic literature review. 

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Twin-engine AI speeds COVID patients through triage

Researchers at New York University have demonstrated an AI-based way to send COVID patients from the ER to the most appropriate care setting according to their individualized risk.  

3 ways AI can enable ‘earlier medicine’ across the care continuum

As its techniques and technologies mature, medical AI will increasingly be used to predict the health trajectories of both outpatients and inpatients. But how will it do at converting educated projections into preventative care?

5 easy actions to boost pediatric vaccination participation

One of the nastiest aspects of the COVID crisis is its possible setting of the stage for one or more pandemics to follow. The risk of such a scenario is heightened by the rate at which moms and dads are avoiding the pediatrician for routine vaccinations.

‘Imaginative AI’ a strong diagnostic performer vs. doctors

Industry researchers in medical AI have demonstrated a “causal reasoning” algorithm whose diagnostic accuracy would place it among the top 25% of primary care doctors in the U.K. 

Medical educators: Appreciate AI’s limitations as well as its potential

Concepts from the art and science of deep learning for medical practice can inform those employed in the art and science of medical education.

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Does AI mean the end for breast radiologists?

Someone had to come right out and ask. Six researchers representing four medical specialties have done so, weighing the odds by reviewing a representative sample of the literature.

Three-quarters of the chronically ill see plenty of doctors but don’t know what to do next

Unmade lifestyle changes are the main impediments for patients with chronic conditions who see their doctors and take their meds but don’t see much improvement in their overall health status.