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AI can Open Up Beds in the ICU

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals frequently ran short of beds in intensive care units. But even earlier, ICUs faced challenges in keeping beds available. With an aging American population, 11% of hospital stays included ICU stays.

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a possible solution, says Indranil Bardhan, professor of information, risk, and operations management and Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Regents Chair in Health Care Management at Texas McCombs.

AI Model Predicting Two-Year Risk of Common Heart Disorder can Easily be Integrated into Healthcare Workflow

AFib (short for atrial fibrillation), a common heart rhythm disorder in adults, can have disastrous consequences including life-threatening blood clots and stroke if left undetected or untreated. A new study demonstrates that UNAFIED, a highly accurate artificial intelligence (AI) prediction model which uses machine learning to parse information acquired from a patient's electronic health record (EHR) to predict whether a patient has or might develop detectable AFib

Researchers Find Telemedicine may Help Reduce Use of Unnecessary Health Tests

Low-value care - medical tests and procedures that provide little to no benefit to patients - contributes to excess medical spending and both direct and cascading harms to patients. A research team from Mass General Brigham and their collaborators have found that telemedicine may help to reduce the use of low-value tests. The work is published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

AI Revolutionizes Glaucoma Care

Imagine walking into a supermarket, train station, or shopping mall and having your eyes screened for glaucoma within seconds - no appointment needed. With the AI-based Glaucoma Screening (AI-GS) network, this vision could soon become a reality.

Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in Japan and worldwide. Early detection is critical, as the disease progresses silently, slowly constricting one's peripheral field of vision.

AI Accelerates Discovery of Neurodevelopmental Disorder-Associated Genes

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) approach that accelerates the identification of genes that contribute to neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism spectrum disorder, epilepsy and developmental delay. This new powerful computational tool can help fully characterize the genetic landscape of neurodevelopmental disorders, which is key to making accurate molecular diagnosis, elucidating disease mechanism and developing targeted therapies.

AI Model can Read ECGs to Identify Female Patients at Higher Risk of Heart Disease

A new AI model can flag female patients who are at higher risk of heart disease based on an electrocardiogram (ECG).

The researchers say the algorithm, designed specifically for female patients, could enable doctors to identify high-risk women earlier, enabling better treatment and care. Details are published today in Lancet Digital Health.

New AI Tool Mimics Radiologist Gaze to Read Chest X-Rays

Artificial intelligence (AI) can scan a chest X-ray and diagnose if an abnormality is fluid in the lungs, an enlarged heart or cancer. But being right is not enough, said Ngan Le, a University of Arkansas assistant professor of computer science and computer engineering. We should understand how the computer makes its diagnosis, yet most AI systems are black boxes whose "thought process" even their creators cannot explain.

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