Tech & Innovation
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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
Opinion: 7 Trends That Healthtech Innovators Expect To Shape 2019
13 Jan, 2019 | 20:05h | UTC7 Trends That Healthtech Innovators Expect To Shape 2019 – Forbes (free)
Development and Validation of an Optimized Prediction of Mortality for Candidates Awaiting Liver Transplantation
13 Jan, 2019 | 19:26h | UTCCommentary: AI-Based Liver Allocation More Equitable Than MELD Score – Medscape (free registration required)
Current Research and New Perspectives of Telemedicine in Chronic Heart Failure
13 Jan, 2019 | 17:55h | UTC
High-Performance Medicine: The Convergence of Human and Artificial Intelligence
9 Jan, 2019 | 11:26h | UTCHigh-performance medicine: the convergence of human and artificial intelligence – Nature Medicine (free for 30 days)
Study: Identifying Facial Phenotypes of Genetic Disorders Using Deep Learning
8 Jan, 2019 | 12:01h | UTCIdentifying facial phenotypes of genetic disorders using deep learning – Nature Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: AI face-scanning app spots signs of rare genetic disorders – Nature News (free) AND Artificial intelligence could diagnose rare disorders using just a photo of a face – Science Magazine (free)
Opinion: Google is Quietly Infiltrating Medicine — But What Rules Will It Play By?
7 Jan, 2019 | 09:11h | UTCGoogle is quietly infiltrating medicine — but what rules will it play by? – STAT (free)
Guideline: Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices
4 Jan, 2019 | 20:11h | UTCNews Release: HHS, in Partnership with Industry, Releases Voluntary Cybersecurity Practices for the Health Industry (free)
Commentaries: Assessing the New Cybersecurity Practices Publication: Why Small and Medium-Sized Care Organizations Have Reason to Rejoice – Healthcare Informatics (free) AND HHS releases voluntary cybersecurity guidance – Healthcare IT News (free)
Viewpoint: Questions for Artificial Intelligence in Health Care
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:50h | UTCQuestions for Artificial Intelligence in Health Care – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related: Humanizing Artificial Intelligence – JAMA (free for a limited period)
First Human Patients Receive Remote PCI
13 Dec, 2018 | 17:58h | UTC‘A landmark event’: First human patients receive remote PCI – Cardiovascular Business (free)
Study: Diagnosis of Nonpigmented Skin Cancer by a Machine Learning Program
7 Dec, 2018 | 01:29h | UTCExpert-Level Diagnosis of Nonpigmented Skin Cancer by Combined Convolutional Neural Networks – JAMA Dermatology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Machine Learning Program Superior to Humans in Non-Pigmented Skin Lesions – MedicalResearch.com (free)