Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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A National Health Service pilot program underway in southeast England is using AI, a telehealth platform and a Wi-Fi-enabled armband to remotely monitor vital signs of recently discharged patients to analyze their data in real time in an effort to reduce readmissions.
Hardin Memorial Health in Elizabethtown, Ky., has become the first health system to implement IBM Watson Health Imaging’s artificial intelligence-powered software, Patient Synopsis. The program, trained by radiologists, integrates with and draws information from a health system’s existing platforms…
Sixty faculty members from Partners HealthCare — the Boston-based system that has been at the forefront of exploring artificial intelligence — recently identified 12 emerging AI technologies with the greatest potential to impact health care as soon as next year. The team identified its “Disruptive…
Amazon Alexa is now HIPAA compliant. The company recently launched six Alexa voice health tools built by providers, payers, pharmacy benefit managers and digital health coaching companies that allow organizations to securely transmit private patient information. The Alexa Skills Kit enables select…
Building on its track record of medical innovation, the Cleveland Clinic is creating a new center for artificial intelligence designed to further collaboration and communication among physicians, researchers and data scientists. Healthcare IT News reports that the Center for Artificial Intelligence…
Amazon Web Services is working with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to test ways that artificial intelligence can simplify medical care. Bloomberg reports that Amazon recently gave the Harvard Medical School teaching hospital a grant of up to $2 million to experiment with machine learning and…
What’s New? The artificial intelligence (AI) market in health care is projected to grow at an annual rate of more than 50 percent between now and 2025 — bringing total spending in the sector from $2.1 billion in 2018 to $36.1 billion in 2025.
A newly released Market Insights report from the AHA Center for Health Innovation presents 10 predictions for next year that hospitals and health systems should consider as they prepare for another year of transformative change. Each prediction relates to one or more of the Center’s focus areas,…
Hospitals and health systems will need to develop a more proactive and innovative mindset and invest more money if they plan to develop and deploy cutting-edge tools such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and voice-based programs that will shape digital transformation. These are some of…
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