The lack of geographic diversity within the data that makes up medical artificial intelligence systems could mean the technology is unduly applying a one-size-fits-all approach to patient care, according to research published Sept. 22 in JAMA Network Open.

Four federal lawmakers on Sept. 22 sent a letter to HHS urging the department to intervene against racism in clinical algorithms.

The U.S. Defense Department and Philips are expanding their joint research of an artificial intelligence-based system that can identify signs of infectious disease before symptoms begin. 

Healthcare workforce artificial intelligence startup Olive closed $106 million in a financing round that included participation from St. Louis-based Ascension's healthcare venture fund, according to a Sept. 17 news release. 

Artificial intelligence will play a larger role in healthcare organizations in the future, predict six health system leaders; but not all promises about the technology will come to fruition.

Artificial intelligence has great potential to transform healthcare for the better, including reducing workflow inefficiencies, predicting future health outcomes and speeding up diagnoses.

Google.org awarded $500,000 to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to analyze how COVID-19 modifies gene expression in some people in ways that may cause severe illness and death.

Stanford (Calif.) University researchers are analyzing and testing artificial intelligence-powered systems that give off alerts in "smart" hospitals to help clinicians better monitor and treat patients while decreasing fatal medical errors.

Hospital professionals are often so busy they can't even take lunch breaks, but breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and machine learning can help make their days a bit easier so they can better focus on providing patients with optimal care.

The Defense Innovation Unit selected Google Cloud to develop a prototype for an artificial intelligence-enabled digital pathology tool that will help Military Health System physicians with cancer detection tasks.

Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital researchers created an automated deep learning model that can predict a patient's likelihood of developing lung cancer within the next 12 years, according to a Sept. 1 study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Researchers from State College-based Penn State University developed an algorithm to detect illicit online pharmacies, aiming to prevent consumers from taking misrepresented and potentially dangerous medications.

A consortium of research scientists is using Penn Medicine AI software to power a COVID-19 data model that is pooling information from around the world and accelerating clinical discoveries.

The Defense Health Agency and Department of Defense Innovation Unit are working to train artificial intelligence tech to identify cancers and other medical irregularities in medical images, according to an Aug. 24 DOD news post.

While enhancing health technologies such as artificial intelligence tools has the potential to improve the patient experience and care outcomes, it can also intensify longstanding inequities in health systems across the U.S., according to James Madara, MD.

Researchers at NYU Langone Health and Facebook's artificial intelligence division have teamed up to develop an AI model that uses less data and creates images faster than traditional MRI techniques, according to an Aug. 18 Wall Street Journal report. 

Nearly half of healthcare provider and payer executives (45 percent) believe that rapid advancements in new tech and innovations will disrupt the healthcare industry, according to an Aug. 11 Accenture report.

The National Institutes of Health has launched a multi-institution medical imaging database to help physicians better detect complications and provide personalized treatments for COVID-19 patients.

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati researchers have teamed up to create an app that offers digital mental health support and anxiety coping practices and skills for children.

Stanford (Calif.) University’s Center for Health Education recently launched a four-course online program on artificial intelligence in healthcare for IT professionals and healthcare providers.