Tech & Innovation
3 Ways AI is Already Changing Medicine
17 Mar, 2019 | 18:16h | UTC3 ways AI is already changing medicine – Vox (free)
Man Told He’s Going to Die by Doctor on Video-link Robot
11 Mar, 2019 | 03:50h | UTCMan told he’s going to die by doctor on video-link robot – BBC (free)
See also: California family furious after hospital uses video call to tell grandfather he’s dying – The Guardian (free) AND Doctor on Video Screen Told a Man He Was Near Death, Leaving Relatives Aghast – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Opinion: The A.I. Diet
7 Mar, 2019 | 13:14h | UTCThe A.I. Diet – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“Forget government-issued food pyramids. Let an algorithm tell you how to eat.”
Report: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
7 Mar, 2019 | 11:45h | UTCArtificial Intelligence in healthcare – Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (free PDF)
Commentaries: Report warns of AI healthcare limitations – HealthManagement.org (free) AND Academy of Medical Royal Colleges publishes report looking at the predicted impact of Artificial Intelligence – The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (free)
Related Report: Preparing the Healthcare Workforce to Deliver the Digital Future (free)
Review: From Big Data to Precision Medicine
7 Mar, 2019 | 11:44h | UTCFrom Big Data to Precision Medicine – Frontiers in Medicine (free)
Study: Artificial Intelligence vs. Radiologists for Breast Cancer Detection in Mammography
6 Mar, 2019 | 01:20h | UTCStand-Alone Artificial Intelligence for Breast Cancer Detection in Mammography: Comparison With 101 Radiologists – JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Robots can detect breast cancer as well as radiologists – Oxford University Press USA (free)
Study: Machine Learning Model for the Histologic Classification of Resected Lung Adenocarcinoma
5 Mar, 2019 | 02:49h | UTCCommentary: A new machine learning model can classify lung cancer slides at the pathologist level – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (free)
Google Launches Program in India to Screen Diabetics for Eye Conditions
4 Mar, 2019 | 00:34h | UTCGoogle launches India program to screen diabetics for eye conditions that can cause blindness – CNBC (free)
See also: Launching a powerful new screening tool for diabetic eye disease in India – Verily (free) AND Google, Verily develop AI algorithm to detect diabetic eye disease from imaging exams – HealthImaging (free)
Related Studies: Clinically Applicable Deep Learning for Diagnosis and Referral in Retinal Disease (free study and commentaries) AND Development and Validation of a Deep Learning System for Diabetic Retinopathy and Related Eye Diseases Using Retinal Images From Multiethnic Populations With Diabetes – JAMA (free) AND Prediction of cardiovascular risk factors from retinal fundus photographs via deep learning (link to abstract and commentaries)
Telemedicine: The Latest Futuristic Tech Prediction From The Jetsons To Come True
28 Feb, 2019 | 05:46h | UTCPerspective: Telemedicine: The Latest Futuristic Tech Prediction From The Jetsons To Come True – Forbes (free)
Related: Why Your Next Doctor Visit Could Be Over The Phone – Forbes (free)
The Top 7 Digital Healthcare Trends in 2019
16 Feb, 2019 | 14:33h | UTCThe top 7 digital healthcare trends in 2019 – AT&T Business Editorial Team (free)
Report: Preparing the Healthcare Workforce to Deliver the Digital Future
12 Feb, 2019 | 00:36h | UTCThe Topol Review: Preparing the healthcare workforce to deliver the digital future – NHS Health Education England (free report and related resources)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Our rating of the top 10 technologies poised to change #healthcare, with a realistic appraisal of their timing over the next 2 decades#AI #genomics #digitalhealth pic.twitter.com/rQ8ytwDIaA
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 11, 2019
Study: Evaluation and Accurate Diagnoses of Pediatric Diseases Using Artificial Intelligence
12 Feb, 2019 | 00:12h | UTCEvaluation and accurate diagnoses of pediatric diseases using artificial intelligence – Nature Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: A.I. Shows Promise as a Physician Assistant – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND Expert reaction to use of AI in evaluation and diagnosis of childhood diseases – Science Media Centre (free)
Study: Web-Based Symptom Monitoring Increases Overall Survival in Lung Cancer
10 Feb, 2019 | 23:50h | UTCTwo-Year Survival Comparing Web-Based Symptom Monitoring vs Routine Surveillance Following Treatment for Lung Cancer – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Lung cancer OS benefit with patient-reported symptom monitoring – Medwire News (free)
See Original Article: #ASCO2017 – Survival in a Trial Assessing Patient-Reported Outcomes for Symptom Monitoring During Cancer Treatment (free study and commentaries)
Study: AI for Automated Fracture Detection and Localization on Wrist Radiographs
6 Feb, 2019 | 00:49h | UTCCommentary: AI algorithm IDs wrist fractures with 98% sensitivity – AI in Healthcare (free)
AMA Journal of Ethics Special Issue: Artificial Intelligence in Health Care
4 Feb, 2019 | 22:02h | UTCArtificial Intelligence in Health Care – AMA Journal of Ethics (free articles)
Related Commentary on Twitter
How do you know when #AI is starting to affect #healthcare?
When the @AmerMedicalAssn publishes a whole issue, open-access on ethics, reimagining #meded, policy, validation, implementation, and morehttps://t.co/SwAsjsGclZ via @ivanoransky pic.twitter.com/7JzzFBUsv1— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) February 3, 2019
Opinion: A.I. Could Worsen Health Disparities
1 Feb, 2019 | 02:36h | UTCA.I. Could Worsen Health Disparities – The New York Times (free)
“In a health system riddled with inequity, we risk making dangerous biases automated and invisible.”
Perspective: The Robot Needs a Human Heart—Why AI in Medicine Brings Moral Choices Into Focus
28 Jan, 2019 | 23:59h | UTCThe robot needs a human heart—why AI in medicine brings moral choices into focus – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Study: Automated Triaging of Adult Chest Radiographs with Deep Artificial Neural Networks
23 Jan, 2019 | 01:15h | UTCAutomated Triaging of Adult Chest Radiographs with Deep Artificial Neural Networks – Radiology (free for a limited period)
Commentary: AI interprets chest x-rays, prioritizes critical findings – Radiology Business (free)
Related Commentary on Twitter
Deep learning #AI of over 470,000 Chest X-Rays to accurately triage and reduce the time to reporting from 11 to < 3 days for critical findings https://t.co/h7HSC8MrXv @radiology_rsna @MauroAnnarumma and colleagues @KingsCollegeLon pic.twitter.com/1v3Bk0yao3
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 22, 2019
Care Redesign: A Teledermatology Initiative to Increase Access for Community Health Center Patients
19 Jan, 2019 | 18:21h | UTCA Teledermatology Initiative to Increase Access for Community Health Center Patients – NEJM Catalyst (free)
How Telehealth Can Get Healthcare to More People
16 Jan, 2019 | 22:28h | UTCHow telehealth can get healthcare to more people – World Economic Forum (free)
Editorial: Artificial Intelligence in the Intensive Care Unit
16 Jan, 2019 | 18:56h | UTCArtificial intelligence in the intensive care unit – Critical Care (free)
Cardiologist-level Arrhythmia Detection and Classification in Ambulatory Electrocardiograms Using a Deep Neural Network
16 Jan, 2019 | 00:47h | UTCCardiologist-level arrhythmia detection and classification in ambulatory electrocardiograms using a deep neural network – Nature Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Using Artificial Intelligence to Catch Irregular Heartbeats – NIH Director’s Blog (free) AND Machine Matches Docs for Arrhythmia Detection – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Observational Study of Deep Learning and Automated Evaluation of Cervical Images for Cancer Screening
13 Jan, 2019 | 23:14h | UTCCommentaries: AI approach outperformed human experts in identifying cervical precancer – NIH News Releases (free) AND AI identifies precancerous cervix better than human experts, report says – UPI (free)
Study: Screening for Cardiac Contractile Dysfunction Using an Artificial Intelligence–enabled Electrocardiogram
13 Jan, 2019 | 23:12h | UTCScreening for cardiac contractile dysfunction using an artificial intelligence–enabled electrocardiogram – Nature Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Artificial Intelligence From ECGs May ID Asymptomatic LV Dysfunction – TCTMD (free) AND Mayo Clinic research uses artificial intelligence to develop inexpensive, widely available early detector of silent heart disease (free) AND AI-based EKG processing predicts early left ventricular dysfunction – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Personal Health Records: More Promising in the Smartphone Era?
13 Jan, 2019 | 20:32h | UTCViewpoint: Personal Health Records: More Promising in the Smartphone Era? – JAMA (free for a limited period)