Search Tag: algorithms

IT Management

Connecting-data-through-crowdsourcing-for-ai-development

2019 13 Nov

Large data sets are essential in developing artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and tools for use in healthcare. Presagen, an AI medical imaging company in Australia, is banking on crowdsourcing in hopes of connecting data from clinics globally to create AI solutions that are scalable and at low cost.   AI developers often rely on localised...Read more

IT Management

Twitter-can-help-predict-er-visits

2015 20 Apr

Twitter can be a useful tool for hospitals, according to University of Arizona researchers who observed how asthma-related tweets, analysed alongside other data, can help predict asthma-related emergency room (ER) visits.   The researchers created a model that was able to predict approximately how many asthma sufferers would visit the ER at a large...Read more

IT Management

Xerox-system-helps-hospitals-better-predict-readmissions

2015 28 Jan

Midas+, a subsidiary of Connecticut-based Xerox, is combining its vast data resources with five years of Medicare and claims data to help hospitals better predict readmissions. With this new system, known as Midas+ Readmission Penalty Forecaster, a hospital can get a much more accurate prediction or “near real-time” information on both patient patterns...Read more