Tech & Innovation
Artificial intelligence: augmenting or replacing doctors?
11 Aug, 2017 | 15:06h | UTCArtificial intelligence: augmenting or replacing doctors? – MJA Insight (free)
5 FAQs About Machine Learning in Medicine
10 Aug, 2017 | 17:31h | UTC5 FAQs About Machine Learning in Medicine – Medscape (free registration required)
Telerehabilitation: Review of the State-of-the-Art and Areas of Application
5 Aug, 2017 | 18:17h | UTCReview: Telerehabilitation: Review of the State-of-the-Art and Areas of Application – JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies (free)
A soft robotic exosuit improves walking in patients after stroke
3 Aug, 2017 | 20:40h | UTCA soft robotic exosuit improves walking in patients after stroke – Science Translational Medicine (free)
Commentaries: Robotic Exosuit Improves Walking After Stroke – Medscape (free registration required) AND Watch a robotic exoskeleton help a stroke patient walk – Science (free text and video)
Better drugs, faster: The potential of AI-powered humans
1 Aug, 2017 | 18:25h | UTCBetter drugs, faster: The potential of AI-powered humans – BBC News (free)
Impact of electronic health records on patient–physician interaction
1 Aug, 2017 | 17:25h | UTCCommentary: Doctors frustrated that electronic records steal time from patients – Reuters (free)
Related guideline: Putting Patients First by Reducing Administrative Tasks in Health Care: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians (free)
Online education, pain coaching and advice by video conference can reduce knee pain
28 Jul, 2017 | 18:10h | UTCOnline education, pain coaching and advice by video conference can reduce knee pain – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Effectiveness of an Internet-Delivered Exercise and Pain-Coping Skills Training Intervention for Persons With Chronic Knee Pain: A Randomized Trial – Annals of Internal Medicine (free) AND Commentaries: Online Intervention Reduces Knee Pain, Improves Mobility – Medscape (free registration required) AND The Internet may be an effective tool for treating chronic knee pain – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Chronic knee pain eased with the help of Skype – CNN (free text and video)
“Reduced pain for 73% of knee pain patients receiving videoconference physio, pain coaching and online education” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
New insulin pumps offer continuous monitoring
27 Jul, 2017 | 23:50h | UTCNew insulin pumps offer continuous monitoring – ACP Internist (free)
Related article: Home use of a bihormonal bionic pancreas versus insulin pump therapy in adults with type 1 diabetes: a multicentre randomised crossover trial – The Lancet (free PDF)
“Next-generation insulin pumps will feature sophisticated computer algorithms that automatically calculate and administer precise doses of insulin…”
Sophisticated Digital Aids Could Help Determine What Ails You
27 Jul, 2017 | 23:33h | UTCSophisticated Digital Aids Could Help Determine What Ails You – Scientific American (free)
“Software to help make diagnoses, reduce medical errors but resistance of doctors to use” (RT @EricTopol see Tweet)
First compute no harm
27 Jul, 2017 | 16:21h | UTCFirst compute no harm – Enrico Coiera, via The BMJ Opinion (free)
“We will need new principles and regulations to govern medical artificial intelligence”
The Business of Artificial Intelligence – What it can – and cannot – do for your organization
23 Jul, 2017 | 23:24h | UTCThe Business of Artificial Intelligence – What it can – and cannot – do for your organization – Harvard Business Review (a few articles per month are free) (RT @EricTopol see Tweet)
Augmenting diagnostic vision with artificial intelligence
23 Jul, 2017 | 16:37h | UTCPerspectives: Augmenting diagnostic vision with AI – The Lancet (free registration required)
Elevated Brain Amyloid and Subsequent Cognitive Decline Among Cognitively Normal Persons
22 Jul, 2017 | 15:32h | UTCAssociation Between Elevated Brain Amyloid and Subsequent Cognitive Decline Among Cognitively Normal Persons – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Elevated Brain Amyloid Linked to Later Cognitive Decline – Medscape (free registration required) AND Amyloid Plaque and Cognitive Decline – Diagnostic Imaging (free) More Data Suggests Brain Amyloid Buildup Leads to Cognitive Decline – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Elevated amyloid proves a warning sign of cognitive decline to come – Health Imaging (free) AND Study reveals early indication of Alzheimer’s in adults with normal cognition – News Medical (free)
A Sensor on Your Skin That Looks and Feels Like a Temporary Tattoo
21 Jul, 2017 | 18:21h | UTCA Sensor on Your Skin That Looks and Feels Like a Temporary Tattoo – The New York Times (free)
Original article: Inflammation-free, gas-permeable, lightweight, stretchable on-skin electronics with nanomeshes – Nature Nanotechnology (free PDF)
Predicting all-cause risk of 30-day hospital readmission using artificial neural networks
18 Jul, 2017 | 23:01h | UTCPredicting all-cause risk of 30-day hospital readmission using artificial neural networks – PLOS One (free)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club (free resource to find articles of interest)
Perspective on “Machine Learning and Prediction in Medicine
17 Jul, 2017 | 01:29h | UTCA must read perspective on “Machine Learning and Prediction in Medicine — Beyond the Peak of Inflated Expectations” – Cross Invalidation (free) (RT @pash22 see Tweet)
Pathologists in the era of artificial inteligence
17 Jul, 2017 | 01:30h | UTC“Pathologists debating their future in the era of #AI” (RT @EricTopol see Tweet)
Editorial 1: AlphaGo, Deep Learning, and the Future of the Human Microscopist – Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (free)
Editorial 2: Artificial Intelligence and the Pathologist: Future Frenemies? – Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (free)
See more on the impact of artificial intelligence in healthcare in our June 14th issue (see #2 and #3)
Deep Learning in Medical Imaging: General Overview
16 Jul, 2017 | 23:41h | UTCReview: Deep Learning in Medical Imaging: General Overview – Korean Journal of Radiology (free)
Threats to Information Security: Public Health Implications
16 Jul, 2017 | 13:58h | UTCPerspectives: Threats to Information Security: Public Health Implications – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
See related articles on Cybersecurity and Health in our June 8th issue (see #5)
Artificial Intelligence in Precision Cardiovascular Medicine
11 Jul, 2017 | 21:09h | UTCArtificial Intelligence in Precision Cardiovascular Medicine – Journal of The American College of Cardiology, via Medscape (free registration required)
Cardiologist-Level Arrhythmia Detection with Convolutional Neural Networks
9 Jul, 2017 | 00:36h | UTCThe Machines Are Getting Ready to Play Doctor – MIT Technology Review (free) (RT @EricTopol see Tweet 1 and Tweet 2)
Original article: Cardiologist-Level Arrhythmia Detection with Convolutional Neural Networks – Cornell University Library (free PDF)
In this study, a machine learning algorithm was better at diagnosing arrhythmias than cardiologists.
The Smart-Medicine Solution to the Health-Care Crisis
8 Jul, 2017 | 20:16h | UTCViewpoint: The Smart-Medicine Solution to the Health-Care Crisis – The Wall Street Journal (by @EricTopol) (a few articles per month are free)
“Our health-care system won’t be fixed by insurance reform. To contain costs and improve results, we need to move aggressively to adopt the tools of information-age medicine”.
Google spin-off deploys wearable electronics for huge health study
7 Jul, 2017 | 13:37h | UTCGoogle spin-off deploys wearable electronics for huge health study – Nature News (free)
The Future of Radiology and Artificial Intelligence
4 Jul, 2017 | 21:16h | UTCViewpoint: The Future of Radiology and Artificial Intelligence – The Medical Futurist (free)
“Radiologists who use AI will replace those who don’t”.
Smartphones Open a New World for Medical Researchers
3 Jul, 2017 | 15:24h | UTCSmartphones Open a New World for Medical Researchers – The Wall Street Journal (a few articles per month are free)
“Smartphone-based medical research–good summary of current status (early days), with much more to come” (RT @EricTopol see Tweet)