Search Tag: AI

Ultrasound

Euroson-2023-another-hallmark-in-ultrasound

2023 02 Jun

Since the creation of the European Federation of Ultrasound Societies in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) just over 50 years ago, the 34 th EUROSON Congress this year was held in the Baltic Region by Congress president Assoc. prof. Maija Radzina, in the historic and vibrating city of Riga, Latvia for the first time.   As the annual showcase/hallmark...Read more

IT Management

Ai-experts-issue-statement-warning-on-ai-risks

2023 01 Jun

This week AI industry leaders, including high-level executives at Microsoft and Google, academics and even several celebrities issued a new warning regarding the dangers and impacts that AI could potentially pose.   The statement said “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such...Read more

Cardiology Management

Artificial-intelligence-identifies-superbug-killing-antibiotic

2023 26 May

Scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify a novel antibiotic capable of eliminating a dangerous strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. By employing AI, researchers efficiently narrowed down a vast pool of potential chemicals to a small selection suitable for laboratory testing. This process led to identifying a powerful experimental...Read more

IMAGING Management

Ai-emerged-as-a-promising-tool-to-advance-global-radiology

2023 24 May

Imaging plays a large and pivotal role in cancer diagnosis and treatment. Given the important role it plays, it is crucial countries have implemented coordinated screening programmes, particularly in low-resource environments.   However, low-resource countries face serious financial limitations, lack of imaging equipment and shortages of workers...Read more

Health Management

Who-strengthens-medical-device-regulation-as-machine-learning-enabled-medical-devices-gather-pace

2023 22 May

Effective regulatory systems are an essential component of health system strengthening and contribute to better public health outcomes, even more so in the age of medical devices that are enabled by machine learning.   Key Points Without medical devices, many critical healthcare procedures would not be possible. WHO provides guidance...Read more

Health Management

Standards-in-support-of-the-eu-medical-devices-regulations

2023 22 May

The use of harmonised standards in support of the Medical Devices Regulations (MDR & IVDR) is a proven and trusted way to ensure compliance, quality, safety and efficiency of products, production processes, management systems, services and test-methods. They are developed as per the EU request to the European Standardisation Organisations (CEN &...Read more

Health Management

Growing-pressures-driving-the-shift-to-healthcare-digitalisation

2023 22 May

Digital and AI-driven technologies tangibly improve the effectiveness of healthcare delivery and access – whether holistic patient management, clinical productivity, or hospital site utilisation all of which ultimately improves patient outcomes. Yet the sector faces financial challenges to acquire the clinical, care, collaboration and buildings technology...Read more

Health Management

Digitisation-for-dsos

2023 22 May

Discover why dental support organisations must go digital and how they can do so. Four guiding principles can help DSOs select and implement digital initiatives that result in optimised efficiencies, consistent treatment outcomes, and an improved experience for both patients and providers that fuels the stability and growth of organisations....Read more

Cardiology Management

Artificial-intelligence-could-improve-heart-attack-diagnosis

2023 17 May

Researchers from the University of Edinburgh have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that shows promise in diagnosing heart attacks more quickly and accurately than existing methods. The algorithm, funded by the British Heart Foundation and the National Institute for Health and Care Research, utilises AI technology to enhance diagnostic...Read more

IMAGING Management

Ai-in-medical-imaging-may-exaggerate-health-inequities

2023 15 May

Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) found that after analysing crowd-sourced sets of data used to create AI algorithms from medical images, most did not contain demographic data. In addition, they found the algorithms were not evaluated for inherent biases.   This implies that researchers or clinicians who may...Read more

IT Management

Dr-ehsan-samei-ph-d-joins-imalogix-as-chief-scientific-advisor

2023 09 May

Imalogix, an industry leader in deep learning AI for imaging, announced that world renowned radiology leader and clinical researcher Dr. Ehsan Samei has joined the Imalogix team as its Chief Scientific Advisor.   Dr. Ehsan Samei, PhD, DABR, FAAPM, FSPIE, FAIMBE, FIOMP, FACR is the Reed and Martha Rice Distinguished Professor of Radiology at Duke...Read more

IT Management

New-project-uses-ai-and-machine-learning-to-improve-surgical-care

2023 21 Apr

The Advocate Aurora Research Institute is using KelaHealth’s Surgical Intelligence Platform to combine the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to transform surgical care.   The project aims to determine how much variation exists in surgical and patient outcomes, helping researchers to understand the types of...Read more

IT Management

When-do-doctors-trust-the-ais-recommendation

2023 12 Apr

A recent Cornell University-led study suggested that if AI tools can counsel a physician like a colleague – pointing out relevant research that supports the decision – then doctors will be at an advantage to better weigh the merits of the recommendation.    AI researchers have helped doctors evaluate suggestions from AI powered tools by explaining...Read more

IT Management

Will-health-systems-accelerate-their-use-of-ai-to-overcome-challenges

2023 11 Apr

The Health Management Academy (The Academy) conducted a recent survey selecting executives to participate who have a strong familiarity with strategic decisions concerning AI solutions at their respective, leading health systems.   The survey highlighted that almost half of executives (47.5%) are certain their health system is currently using AI...Read more

Artificial Intelligence

How-artificial-intelligence-is-impacting-the-health-care-field-1

2023 27 Mar

Technological innovations today — regardless of industry — are largely intended to save time, increase efficiency and ultimately improve outcomes for businesses and consumers. The growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care is an important example of how the merger of innovation and medicine is making an impact for providers and patients...Read more

Artificial Intelligence

Ai-accurately-identifies-normal-and-abnormal-chest-x-rays

2023 16 Mar

An AI tool can accurately identify normal and abnormal chest X-rays in a clinical setting, according to a study published in  Radiology . The tool may greatly alleviate the heavy workload experienced by radiologists globally.     “There is an exponentially growing demand for medical imaging, especially cross-sectional such as CT and MRI,” said...Read more

IMAGING Management

Ai-impact-on-radiologists

2023 01 Mar

Although AI can help support diagnosis, impact personalised treatment, enhance patient engagement and can be used to model care coordination, it remains imperative that healthcare professionals understand how a patient perceives technology and how AI may come to influence their care.   Several doctors may experience overconfidence, meaning there...Read more

IMAGING Management

Ai-impact-in-lower-resource-countries

2023 01 Mar

It is a wide world phenomenon that we have a shortage of radiologists but this problem is even more pronounced in developing countries. Unfortunately, several of these countries lack specialists in addition to lacking radiologists. AI can have a great impact in these locations where radiologists are not present, and help to manage the work load of...Read more

Health Management

Ai-robotics-implementation-and-pitfalls

2023 28 Feb

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics are now being used everywhere in healthcare, whether its robotic surgery, genetic testing, data collection, cancer research or more. However, healthcare is still in an evolutionary stage when it comes to AI and Robotics and is in the process of testing and experimentation to assess whether and how this technology...Read more

IT Management

New-survey-reveals-what-americans-think-about-ai

2023 23 Feb

New survey finds that most Americans feel significant discomfort when doctors use artificial intelligence to manage their health.   According to a new survey, based on 11,004 U.S. adults, by the Pew Research Centre, 60% of Americans expressed their concerns and discomfort if their health care provider would use artificial intelligence to diagnose...Read more

Executive Health Management

Radical-health-festival-helsinki-2023

2023 12 Jun

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IT Management

Cios-share-lessons-and-takeaways-from-2022

2023 16 Jan

IT leaders share their thoughts regarding the challenges and opportunities they faced during 2022, including the lessons that were learnt, which can be taken forward to improve the workplace and support IT initiatives.   AI solutions have permeated in all manners of workflows, with 94% of the surveyed business leaders reporting that AI is critical...Read more

IMAGING Management

Testing-whether-ai-can-replace-radiologists

2023 11 Jan

A recent study tested whether artificial intelligence could pass the rapid reporting element of the Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists exam, which radiologists in the UK are required to pass before the completion of their training.   The aim of the study was to test whether an AI candidate could pass the reporting exam and outperform...Read more

IMAGING Management

Ai-can-detect-early-signs-of-osteoarthritis-from-an-x-ray-image

2022 22 Dec

A team of researchers from the university of Jyväskylä and the Central Finland Health Care District developed an AI based neural network, that can detect early knee osteoarthritis from x-ray images.   This new method offers the potential to improve early detection, saving the patient from unnecessary examinations and treatments.   Typically,...Read more

IT Management

High-adopters-of-ai-enabled-screening-tool-leads-to-more-diagnoses-of-heart-condition

2022 18 Nov

Mayo Clinic recently released a study demonstrating that clinicians who are high adopters of AI-enabled clinical tools can treat and diagnose patients more easily.   The study revealed that high adopters of AI-enabled tools were twice more likely to diagnose low left ventricular ejection fraction, compared to low adopters of the tool.   David...Read more

IT Management

Ai-related-competencies-outlined-for-health-professionals

2022 04 Nov

A recent report outlines AI-related clinical competencies for healthcare professionals in aim of establishing how they can best prepare themselves to work with artificial intelligence in a clinical setting.   Responding to the growing practical and ethical concerns around using AI tools, there has been a push to create and establish health AI...Read more

IT Management

Verge-genomics-appoints-john-applegate-as-chief-financial-officer

2022 17 Oct

Former Biogen executive and AI company builder to support Verge’s strategic finance initiatives as it builds the leading tech-enabled drug discovery company Verge Genomics, a tech-enabled drug discovery company pioneering the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and human data to develop new drugs announced that John Applegate will join the...Read more

IT Management

Intelligent-health-uk-2023

2023 24 May

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IMAGING Management

Introducing-thats-life-in-flow-at-rsna-2022

2022 13 Oct

Introducing ‘That’s life in flow’: At  RSNA  2022, Agfa HealthCare will showcase how Enterprise Imaging creates an optimal work experience for radiologists. New functionalities and workflows let clinicians stay focused on what’s most important: patient diagnosis and treatment. The right solutions can help radiology leadership add value...Read more