Contributed: The power of AI in surgery
Artificial intelligence (AI), defined as algorithms that enable machines to perform cognitive functions (such as problem solving and decision-making), has changed for some time now the face of healthcare through machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP). Its use in surgery,… From: www.healthcareitnews.com – Read more
How CIOs can turn flawed data into ‘healthy data’
The U.S. healthcare ecosystem is quite complex, and there is a focus on healthcare outcomes, controlling costs and improving data. The importance of healthcare data quality and how “healthy data” can improve overall healthcare quality cannot be overstated. This has been of paramount importance… From: www.healthcareitnews.com – Read more
NUHS to build supercomputing infrastructure for hospital AI
The National University Health System, one of the three national health clusters in Singapore, has entered into a collaborative agreement with the government-backed National Supercomputing Centre Singapore to build a supercomputing infrastructure to support artificial intelligence programmes in… From: Healthcareitnews.com -Â Read more
NUHS adopts NVIDIA’s AI system for real-time data streaming
Singapore’s National University Health System has built its AI production platform based on NVIDIA’s universal system for AI infrastructure. According to a press statement, the NVIDIA DGX A100 runs at the core of the hospital group’s Endeavour AI platform to enable real-time predictions on… From: Healthcareitnews.com – Read more
CVS Health partners with Microsoft to advance digital-first strategy
As part of efforts to accelerate a digital-centric strategy, CVS Health is teaming with Microsoft and will be tapping into its cloud computing and artificial intelligence technologies, the company announced this week. CVS Health hopes the collaboration will speed… From: Healthcareitnews.com – Read more
How data intelligence will drive precision healthcare in the NHS
As the NHS evolves, many trusts are developing into digitally mature systems, shifting away from the paper-dominated organisations they once were. With the implementation of electronic health records (EHRs), it has become possible to deliver deeper insights into patient illness status, often in… From: Healthcareitnews.com – Read more
How AI bias happens – and how to eliminate it
Artificial intelligence holds great promise for healthcare, and it already is being put to use by many forward-looking hospitals and health systems. But one challenge for healthcare CIOs and clinical users of AI-powered health technologies is the biases that may pop up in algorithms. These… From: Healthcareitnews.com – Read more
RSNA kicks off in Chicago with new imaging and AI announcements
The 107th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America started on Sunday, a post-Thanksgiving tradition at Chicago’s sprawling McCormick Place. There, more than 19,000 attendees – with another 4,000 participants joining virtually – will spend the week exploring the newest… From: Healthcareitnews.com – Read more
Learning from the Past and Building for the Future
Technology has long been hailed a key solution to the challenges that healthcare systems across the world face. Now, as the industry begins its recovery from the biggest challenge of the 21st century, it’s time to take a sharper look at how and where these technologies can be applied to help… From: Healthcareitnews.com – Read […]
Epic-generated sepsis alerts increased during COVID-19, study shows
A research letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open this week examined the number of alerts generated by the Epic Sepsis Model at 24 hospitals before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Â Researchers from the University of Michigan Medical School and… From: Healthcareitnews.com – Read more
