by Bruce Brown | November 11, 2021 | Health
Machine learning artificial intelligence is a good fit for dermatology. Dermatologists make judgments about unusual marks or moles on a patient’s skin, but even when they are sure that an abnormality isn’t a problem, the physician often takes a photo for...
by Bruce Brown | April 1, 2021 | Medical
We’ve written about Denmark-based Miiskin’s eponymous mole-tracking feature previously. Miiskin is an iOS app that uses a smartphone camera to monitoring skin health. The original version of the software had four major functions: locating marks and moles...
by Bruce Brown | July 22, 2020 | Medical
Artificial intelligence is one of the most promising digital technologies in medicine. We’ve written about AI diagnostic apps with a diverse set of diseases and conditions. Earlier this year, we wrote about researchers at Radboud University Medical Center in the...
by Bruce Brown | May 31, 2018 | General News, Medical
Teledermatology is telemedicine’s poster child, reducing traditionally long wait times for dermatologist appointments. In 2015, the CDC reported the rate of deadly melanomas more than doubled in three decades. Heightened skin cancer awareness sent people to...
by Bruce Brown | February 22, 2018 | General News, Medical
Conflicting challenges strain the U.S. healthcare system. The cost of care continues to rise while medical and wellness organizations struggle to provide comprehensive health services to all areas. Remote areas are often underserved by medical professionals,...