Innovation

Clinical trials' technology and data collection practices still look "circa 1995," Amy Abernethy, MD, PhD, told Politico in a May 4 report.

Hospitals are using artificial intelligence to improve health outcomes, conduct research and improve patient care. Here are four artificial intelligence projects health systems' have recently created and deployed as reported by Becker's Hospital Review:

Mintu Turakhia, MD, has been named the new chief medical officer and chief science officer at digital health company iRhythm.

Researchers at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic developed an AI algorithm and app that can detect a weak heart pump from electrocardiograms recorded on Apple Watch.

Healthcare automation startup Syllable on April 25 closed a $40 million series C funding round. 

Machine learning can improve healthcare from streamlining administrative processes to carrying out medical and diagnostic analyses, Analytics Insight reported April 30. 

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic found that an AI-powered electrocardiography is capable of predicting atrial fibrillation up to 10 years before clinical diagnosis, according to a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Pathology lives inside of a glass, but Cleveland Clinic is looking to change that as its new research collaboration aims to use AI to digitize pathology specimens and data, VentureBeat reported May 2.

While robotic-assisted surgeries are on the rise, augmented reality technology may disrupt the trend, said Randy Fagin, MD, chief medical officer of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare in an April 30 Healio article. 

Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami launched a wayfinding app to help patient families and visitors navigate the hospital’s 309-bed campus.