AI for Health News

02/10/2020

An insightful article from the Montreal AI Ethics Institute about the positives and negatives of in , in particular in and the importance of policy to regulate new tools.
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Written by Connor Wright, research intern at FairlyAI — a software-as-a-service AI audit platform which provides AI quality assurance for automated decision making systems with focus on AI equality.

28/09/2020

Are now wondering how we can align AI products with our human values?
https://aiforhealthnews.com/blog/valuesinaiproducts
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Check out Anastasia's first piece with AI for Health News where she discusses how participatory design approaches can be used to improve the usability and positive impacts of products in for various groups of stakeholders.
For those looking to learn more about this topic, as a bonus, Anastasia gives a number of links to open resources on AI ethics.
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The more AI is used in the healthcare sector, the more questions and concerns about ethics come to the surface. One way of addressing the ethical issues of AI in healthcare is to involve those directly affected by the algorithms in the process of design and development of the products.

20/08/2020

Would you like to learn more about the applications and impacts of AI in Healthcare?
Stanford University has released a new online program, consisting of 4 courses, to introduce learners to a number of complex concepts in and , such as
-> Identify problems healthcare providers face that machine learning can solve
-> Analyze how AI affects patient care safety, quality, and research
->Relate AI to the science, practice, and business of medicine
-> Apply the building blocks of AI to help you innovate and understand emerging technologies
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/PRNewswire/ -- The Stanford Center for Health Education launched an online program in AI and Healthcare this week. The program aims to advance the delivery of...

16/08/2020

Accenture report on Digital Health states:
"People today expect more from their digital experiences... They want to feel important and as if the healthcare organization recognizes and takes notice of them. Gone are the days of mass services and black box personalization."
Learn about other findings, trends, and stats here.
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Healthcare organizations must become more collaborative with patients, employees, partners and the public when creating digital innovations to have success in the future, according to research from Accenture. The professional services company released its "Digital Health Technology Vision 2020" repo...

27/07/2020

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09/07/2020

Learn about a few current applications of AI in the following areas:
1. AI patient care
2. A new kind of surgical assistant
3. Computer-assisted diagnosis
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We may not be at the point where you overhear your surgeon saying, “Hey, Google, pass the scalpel,” but artificial intelligence (AI) is gradually making its way into the healthcare industry and, by extension, dermatology and plastic surgery practices. Even in its limited use, AI is already helpi...

08/07/2020

Weekly Start-up Highlight: Tempus - Data-driven precision medicine.
Tempus specializes in genomic tests to analyze DNA, RNA, and proteomic data to understand a patient’s tumor at the molecular level and partners with academic and medical centers to gather data and organize them in electronic health records.
https://www.tempus.com/
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Tempus is a technology company that has built the world’s largest library of clinical and molecular data and an operating system to make that data accessible and useful, starting with cancer.

25/05/2020

The deep learning system distinguishes between 26 common skin conditions, representing 80% of cases seen in primary care, while also providing a secondary prediction covering 419 skin conditions. https://aiforhealthnews.com/using-de-identified-data-to-support-physicians-in-diagnosing-skin-conditions/
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