If you’re still trying to wrap your head around the use of AI in healthcare, this episode will give you an idea about the use of generative AI to create clinical notes during an interaction between a doctor and a patient.
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Generative AI - a subset of AI technologies that employ advanced machine learning algorithms to generate content, solutions, or outcomes that weren't explicitly programmed into the algorithms has many potential applications in healthcare. But at the moment, the digital health space is filled with noise.
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Computational biology and AI are already used to expedite the creation of more precise medications. Unfortunately, this still has limited impact on expediting clinical trials, due to the challenges that persist in recruiting patients.
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Generative AI is definitely the word we will remember 2023 by. Knowing that administrative burden is among the key reason for physician burnout, the idea that AI could tackle this challenge, became a little bit more tangible with the raised awareness and public understanding of generative AI. But where are we exactly, and how is generative AI utilized for clinical use cases, administration, patient care and in biotech?
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In order for AI and algorithms to help improve the health of many, we should strive for algorithms to be open and transparent, says Bart De Witte, founder of HIPPO AI Foundation, a renowned expert on digital transformation in healthcare in Europe, who regularly speakers and posts about technology and innovation strategy, with a particular focus on the socioeconomic impact on healthcare.
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In January, we invited Alexandre Lebrun - CEO of Nabla and Israel Krush, CEO of Hyro - two companies specializing in AI in healthcare, to join a debate to clarify the state of natural language processing in healthcare.
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Symptom checkers have been around for a while. However, research shows that their reliability is still poor and varies substantially among providers, says a systematic review published in Nature in 2022.
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Symptom checkers have been around for a while. However, research shows that their reliability is still poor and varies substantially among providers, says a systematic review published in Nature in 2022.
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Voice could be called one of the exciting new avenues for medicine and healthcare. US company Authenticx listens, analyzes, and activates customer voices. The AI based software analyzes millions of conversations patients have with customer support agents through phone calls or emails. By analysing these conversations, it unveils recurring trends that healthcare organizations use to make informed, proactive decisions for improved workflows and care.
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Marie Johnson talks about healthcare in Australia, how can we make AI solutions such as coaches more human, and her thoughts regarding the future development of AI for healthcare.
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The potential of AI are, in theory, huge. However, this is not a free technology and another open question is, will its use bring down costs or just increase healthcare expenditure. Looking at history, the latter is not impossible.
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Three segments of the digital health market are worth keeping an eye on: big tech, digital pharmacy, and retail, says Erin Brodwin, Health Tech Correspondent for STAT News.
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AI is complex and when introduced to the clinical practice, adoption is anything but easy. “On the one hand, there's the hype machine that provides these very extravagant articles about magical things that you can do it with AI. Then there's the reality of what can be achieved and what can be done. At Hacarus we’re addressing this with a training program for the medical industry, which we call the Hacarus AI Academy. This is a full course program, where we train doctors, medical professionals, researchers in pharmaceutical companies, the basics of how to work with AI. “
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In some aspects, January 2021 seems like March 2020. In March, the virus was here, but we didn’t know much about it. By 2021, the vaccine is here, but it’s unclear if enough people will get vaccinated. Will it be a few months or more before the vaccinated individuals will need to get a booster dose? What will be the impact of the new strain of coronavirus that’s spreading faster than the previous strains? There’s a lot of factors it seems that to make a point against being overly optimistic. John Nosta disagrees.
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Anthem is striving to become a digital AI-first enterprise and make healthcare far more predictive, far more proactive, transparent, and personalized than it currently is.
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Virtual reality can have a literally healing effect. Over 5000 studies by today have shown the efficacy of VR for pain management, PTSD, eating disorders, mental health, even helping manage pain during childbirth. The FDA provided a special designation for virtual reality as a breakthrough device for managing pain.
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Social isolation and loneliness are linked to several health problems such as high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, a weakened immune system, anxiety, depression, cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s disease, and even death. Can these problems be alleviated with the help of robots?
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If we decide to let monetization of healthcare data get out of control, a dystopian future lies ahead.
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Most AI systems today are developed to aid diagnostics, not influence treatment choices. Compared to diagnosis support tools, which are based on existing diagnostic images, treatment outcomes predictions, and hence therapy suggestions are more complex. They demand more complex clinical trials.
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