Healthcare

Healthcare AI refers to software and machine learning systems deployed for patient care, diagnostics, drug discovery, and clinical administration. Truncated covers clinical trial results, software approvals, hospital adoptions, regulatory policies, and data privacy issues.

Wednesday 4 November

AI-enabled Mayo Clinic tool supports individualized patient care decisions

AI-generated summary Mayo Clinic Platform launched a new Clinical Decision Support solution that brings Mayo Clinic knowledge and evidence-informed guidance directly into clinicians workflows. The artificial intelligence-enabled solution is available to healthcare professionals at organizations participating in Mayo Clinic Platform healthcare provider programs to support individualized patient care decisions.

Also covered by Fierce Healthcare

Tuesday 3 November

AI-powered heart MRI measurements better predict patients' survival

AI-generated summary Researchers have released findings showing that artificial intelligence measurements of heart function from MRI scans more strongly predict patient survival than clinician measurements. The artificial intelligence tool analyzed scans in approximately two to three seconds compared to thirteen minutes for expert clinicians, potentially supporting faster clinical decision-making.

Also covered by StudyFinds

Monday 2 November

What Does Modern Healthcare Look Like In The Age Of AI?

AI-generated summary Dan Riskin released a peer-reviewed Pragmatic Registry of patients with moderate-to-severe asthma by applying advanced artificial intelligence to key clinical concepts sampled and measured for accuracy against clinician review. Applying this level of rigor to healthcare data ensures that artificial intelligence can learn safely from routine patient experiences and help improve the standard of care.

Saturday 31 October

Medicare used AI to pre-approve patient care, and it immediately led to a large drop in medical services

AI-generated summary A new Medicare pilot program that uses artificial intelligence to pre-approve patient care has launched in several states including New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona and Washington state. The study found that the program immediately led to a significant drop in medical services provided to the approximately 6.4 million enrolled Americans after the venture started in January.

A Claude model autonomously chose a gene therapy and operated on a mouse brain with no human decision-making

AI-generated summary According to Exin Therapeutics cofounder and CEO Gabriel Ocana-Santero, a Claude model is said to have autonomously selected a gene therapy and performed surgery on a mouse brain. The autonomous agent refused to bypass a safety restriction during the procedure after a connection dropped and its calculated target position fell outside the device physical range of motion.

Also covered by WIRED tomshardware.com

Friday 30 October