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.

American health IT giant working to launch AI research center in the Middle East

Cerner is partnering with 252-bed American Hospital Dubai to open a medical AI research center in the United Arab Emirates.

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The Lancet corrects hydroxychloroquine paper after backlash

The Lancet has issued four corrections to a research paper that found COVID-19 patients who used the drug hydroxychloroquine have a higher risk of death.

Researchers teach ‘new tricks’ to an old algorithm

Johns Hopkins radiologists have repurposed a deep learning algorithm designed to detect tuberculosis on chest x-rays to, instead, help identify COVID-19.

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Breast cancer AI wins CE certification

The European Union has certified AI software for reading mammograms, clearing the way for a South Korea-based AI vendor to sell another of its AI products across the European Economic Area.

Interpretability of radiological AI deemed essential for clinical adoption

If a medical AI algorithm performs well, why let the proverbial black box undermine confidence in it?

 

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Industry groups urge Trump administration to address PPE shortage

Healthcare providers are still asking the Trump administration for help securing personal protective equipment (PPE) as they continue to care for COVID-19 patients.

Amazon donates 8K Alexa devices to communities isolated by COVID

As part of its $5 million pandemic response, Amazon is placing more than 8,000 of its Echo Dot devices across dozens of senior-living facilities in parts of California and Washington State.

AI quickly sniffs out COVID in virtual-visit notes

It was late April when the CDC added impaired taste and/or smell to its list of COVID-19 symptoms. Thanks to AI and natural language processing (NLP), researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina had beaten the federal agency to the punch.