Despite stories and opinions about the failed promise of artificial intelligence, the technology has the potential to revolutionize medicine — and society as a whole, New York Times technology columnist Kevin Roose wrote Aug. 24.
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South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y., has integrated artificial intelligence into its colonoscopy screenings to improve the detection of colon cancer.
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has implemented a touchless weapons screening system at three of its hospitals in response to a rash of shootings at hospitals in recent years.
Louisville, Ky.-based ScionHealth will remotely monitor thousands of ambulatory patients from its 18 community hospitals across a dozen states through a collaboration with health tech company Cadence.
Care management company TribeHealth is partnering with chronic disease management company Engooden Health.
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Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say a tool that combines artificial intelligence and a contactless sensor can detect Parkinson's disease by the way a person breathes.
Biospecimen company Discovery Life Sciences has named Michael Pisano, PhD, as executive vice president of proteomics.
San Diego-based Cellipoint Bioservices, a cell therapy contract development company, is building a manufacturing facility near Houston, according to an Aug. 18 blog post in the Houston Report.
From making innovation a part of a health systems culture to honoring and celebrating new ideas, three health system chief innovation officers share how they make innovation a priority within their organizations.
Several Maine hospitals have embraced robots for a variety of surgeries, the Lewiston (Maine) Sun Journal reported Aug. 22.