Tech & Innovation
Analysis of Traumatic Brain Injury Lesions on Head CT Using Deep Learning
26 May, 2020 | 09:23h | UTCCommentaries: Deep learning: a turning point in acute neurology – The Lancet Digital Health
AI successfully used to identify different types of brain injuries – University of Cambridge AND Deep learning automatically measures key features of TBI – Health Imaging
Review: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Global Health
21 May, 2020 | 09:11h | UTCArtificial intelligence and the future of global health – The Lancet (free registration required)
Predicting Conversion to Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration Using Deep Learning
19 May, 2020 | 04:11h | UTCPredicting conversion to wet age-related macular degeneration using deep learning – Nature Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Using AI to predict retinal disease progression – Deep Mind
Virtual Care: New Models of Caring for Our Patients and Workforce
14 May, 2020 | 09:58h | UTCVirtual care: new models of caring for our patients and workforce – The Lancet Digital Health
Telepsychiatry and the Covid-19 Pandemic
13 May, 2020 | 02:02h | UTC
A Pandemic Benefit: The Expansion of Telemedicine
13 May, 2020 | 02:00h | UTCA Pandemic Benefit: The Expansion of Telemedicine – The New York Times
Related: COVID-19: Rapidly Converting to “Virtual Practices” (several commentaries on the subject) AND A digital embrace to blunt the curve of COVID19 pandemic – npj Digital Medicine
Study: Smartphone-based App for Tracking Self-reported Symptoms to Predict Potential COVID-19
12 May, 2020 | 03:25h | UTCReal-time tracking of self-reported symptoms to predict potential COVID-19 – Nature Medicine
Commentaries: New AI diagnostic can predict COVID-19 without testing – King’s College London AND Expert reaction to study looking at possibility of using real-time tracking of self-reported symptoms to predict potential COVID-19 without testing – Science Media Centre AND Coronavirus: research reveals way to predict infection – without a test – The Conversation AND Loss of smell and taste may actually be one of the clearest signs of COVID-19 – Science News
Ethics and Governance for Digital Disease Surveillance
12 May, 2020 | 03:23h | UTCEthics and governance for digital disease surveillance – Science
[Abstract Only] Feasibility of Blood Testing Combined with PET-CT to Screen for Cancer and Guide Intervention
30 Apr, 2020 | 04:00h | UTCFeasibility of blood testing combined with PET-CT to screen for cancer and guide intervention – Science (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: DNA blood test spots cancers in seemingly cancer-free women, but also produces false alarms – Science AND First study of multicancer blood test to screen for cancer guide intervention – Johns Hopkins Medicine
Low-cost, Easy-to-build Non-Invasive Pressure Support Ventilator for Under-resourced Regions: Open Source Hardware Description, Performance and Feasibility Testing
23 Apr, 2020 | 09:26h | UTC
Perspective: Virtual Health Care in the Era of COVID-19
15 Apr, 2020 | 03:18h | UTCVirtual health care in the era of COVID-19 – The Lancet
Related: Rapidly Converting to “Virtual Practices”: Outpatient Care in the Era of Covid-19 (several texts on the subject)
Apple and Google are Launching a Joint COVID-19 Tracing Tool for iOS and Android
13 Apr, 2020 | 00:08h | UTCApple and Google are launching a joint COVID-19 tracing tool for iOS and Android – TechCrunch
See also: Will We Accept Being Monitored Via Our Smartphones As A Way Out Of The Pandemic, And Will We Have Any Say In The Matter? – Forbes AND Apple and Google team up in bid to use smartphones to track coronavirus spread – The Guardian AND Apple, Google Bring Covid-19 Contact-Tracing to 3 Billion People – Bloomberg AND How Apple and Google Are Enabling Covid-19 Contact-Tracing – Wired AND How Apple And Google’s COVID-19 Tracing Works While Still Protecting Your Privacy – Forbes AND Apple and Google Team Up to ‘Contact Trace’ the Coronavirus – The New York Times AND Coronavirus: UK confirms plan for its own contact tracing app – BBC
News Release: Apple and Google partner on COVID-19 contact tracing technology – Google
Google COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:34h | UTCCommentary: New Google site shows where people in a community are taking social distancing seriously — and where they’re not – CNBC AND Google data shines light on whether coronavirus lockdowns worldwide are working – Reuters
COVID-19: Rapidly Converting to “Virtual Practices”
6 Apr, 2020 | 01:31h | UTCRapidly Converting to “Virtual Practices”: Outpatient Care in the Era of Covid-19 – NEJM Catalyst
Related: Telemedicine in the Time of Coronavirus – Journal of Pain and Symptom Management AND The rise of telemedicine: How COVID-19 is fundamentally changing healthcare for all of us – Medium AND Telemedicine is essential amid the covid-19 crisis and after it – The Economist AND Virtually Perfect? Telemedicine for Covid-19 – New England Journal of Medicine AND Doctors and Patients Turn to Telemedicine in the Coronavirus Outbreak – The New York Times AND Telemedicine Arrives in the U.K.: ‘10 Years of Change in One Week’ – New York Times AND The Coronavirus Outbreak Could Finally Make Telemedicine Mainstream in the U.S. – TIME (free)
COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps
3 Apr, 2020 | 04:09h | UTC- COVID-19 contact tracing apps: 8 privacy questions governments should ask – Imperial College London
- In Germany, High Hopes For New COVID-19 Contact Tracing App That Protects Privacy – NPR
- Covid-19 spreads too fast for traditional contact tracing. New digital tools could help – STAT
- Quantifying SARS-CoV-2 transmission suggests epidemic control with digital contact tracing – Science
Study Evaluates Sensitivity and Specificity of New Multi-Cancer Detection Test
2 Apr, 2020 | 03:56h | UTC
Artificial Intelligence vs. Clinicians: Systematic Review of Design, Reporting Standards, and Claims of Deep Learning Studies
27 Mar, 2020 | 03:14h | UTCCommentary: Claims AI outperforms doctors ‘exaggerated’ – OnMedica (free)
Covid-19: A Remote Assessment in Primary Care
26 Mar, 2020 | 01:45h | UTCCovid-19: a remote assessment in primary care – The BMJ
[Abstract Only] Study: Machine Learning for Early Prediction of Circulatory Failure in the Intensive Care Unit
18 Mar, 2020 | 09:43h | UTCEarly prediction of circulatory failure in the intensive care unit using machine learning – Nature Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Circulatory failure is predictable – ETH Zurich (free)
Study: Using Artificial Intelligence to Analyze CT Scans may Better Predict Cardiovascular Risk than Established Clinical Parameters
18 Mar, 2020 | 09:45h | UTCCommentaries: Artificial intelligence-derived imaging biomarkers to improve population health – The Lancet Digital Health (free) AND Artificial Intelligence Predicts Heart Disease Risk from CT Scans – NIH Research Matters (free)
Perspective – Can You Sue an Algorithm for Malpractice? It Depends
10 Mar, 2020 | 10:19h | UTCCan you sue an algorithm for malpractice? It depends – STAT (free)
Systematic Review: Computerized Cognitive Training May Have Small Benefits of Uncertain Clinical Importance for Maintaining Cognitive Function in Cognitively Healthy People in Late Life
3 Mar, 2020 | 07:46h | UTCComputerised cognitive training for 12 or more weeks for maintaining cognitive function in cognitively healthy people in late life – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Computerised cognitive training for maintaining cognitive function in cognitively healthy people in late life – Cochrane Library (free)
Randomized Trial: A Novel Digital Intervention for Actively Reducing Severity of Pediatric ADHD
3 Mar, 2020 | 07:42h | UTCCommentaries: Digital health interventions for children with ADHD – The Lancet Digital Health (free) AND Video game-like intervention shows promise in improving attention of children with ADHD – The Lancet (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
There's something much better than Ritalin to help kids with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (#ADHD) and it's not a pill. It's a video game, validated in a randomized, controlled trialhttps://t.co/Xikx0fUNa4 @LancetDigitalH by @skollins1 @StephenFaraone and colleagues pic.twitter.com/AKn6F4rMUX
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 25, 2020
Essay: On the Ethics of Algorithmic Decision-making in Healthcare
23 Feb, 2020 | 21:42h | UTCOn the ethics of algorithmic decision-making in healthcare – Journal of Medical Ethics (free)
Commentary: Experts Raise Ethical Concerns About Machine Learning in Medicine – Mad in America (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Nice new paper @JME_BMJ on pros & cons of algorithmic decision-making in healthcare. (Spoiler alert! There are ethically significant trade-offs…) https://t.co/u0xBa0JBtS
— Daniel Tigard (@dwtigard) November 28, 2019
Digital Therapeutics vs. Digital Care: Defining the Landscape
21 Feb, 2020 | 08:33h | UTCDigital therapeutics vs. digital care: defining the landscape – STAT (free)