Innovation

Hospitals are using AI, data analytics and machine learning to improve health outcomes, produce predictive clinical insights and improve patient care. Here are seven artificial intelligence projects health systems have recently created and deployed as reported by Becker's Hospital Review:

Breast care health technology company Volpara Health is collaborating with Microsoft to create technology that detects breast arterial calcifications.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has developed a computational platform that will coordinate pediatric cancer data, allowing researchers, pharmaceutical companies and advocacy groups to accelerate drug development for pediatric cancer.

Technology is an increasingly important part of healthcare. Market researcher Healthcare Technology Report on Aug. 3 released its list of the top 100 healthcare tech companies of 2022.

Salisbury, Md.-based TidalHealth is collaborating with artificial intelligence company Regard to reduce clinician burnout within its ranks.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has partnered with health tech startup Dandelion Health to develop AI products that can aid medical decisions, improve diagnostics and drug development. 

Fayetteville-based University of Arkansas will partner with Google and National Institutes of Health engineers to build cloud-based modules for biomedical research.

Researchers at DeepMind, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, have said they can predict the three-dimensional structure of nearly all known proteins using artificial intelligence, The Wall Street Journal reported July 28.

Diagnostic Robotics, a company that uses artificial intelligence to diagnose medical conditions, closed on a $45 million series B funding round July 28 that included Mayo Clinic.

Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System is partnering with Atlanta-based urgent care operator GoHealth Urgent Care to operate urgent care locations in Northern Virginia.