AI Predicts Medical Outcomes with Device Data

AI Predicts Medical Outcomes with Device Data

Machine learning applications in medicine usually entail analysis and prediction. It’s easy to imagine multiple applications for AI in public health, resource allocation, disease trends, and cost containment. From a patient’s perspective, however, machine...
Machine-Learning Detects Sepsis 48 Hours in Advance

Machine-Learning Detects Sepsis 48 Hours in Advance

According to the CDC, one of every three patients who die in a hospital has sepsis: a result of the body’s natural defenses against infection. Each year 1.7 million adults develop sepsis and 270,000 people die from from the condition annually. The University of...
AI Predicts Premature Death of Chronically Ill

AI Predicts Premature Death of Chronically Ill

Chronic diseases threaten the lives of a large portion of the world’s population. Among Americans, 60% have one or more chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes, according to the CDC. The CDC works with communities to promote health...
Pew: AI Will Be Good for Most People

Pew: AI Will Be Good for Most People

Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and big data have already disrupted conventional health tech research and development in significant ways; many of our posts on Health Tech Insider mention the technology, the algorithms, and the bits and bytes....