New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery named Leonard Achan its chief innovation officer and senior vice president of innovation and business development in February 2016.
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A clinical-grade artificial intelligence model for pathology developed by researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City can detect cancer in tissue slides with near-perfect accuracy.
The University of Missouri System and MU Health Care, both based in Columbia, have partnered with Siemens Healthineers to establish the Alliance for Precision Health.
Researchers from Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor have been granted access to San Francisco-based Atomwise's artificial intelligence software to accelerate their drug discovery projects.
Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotic automation are transforming businesses and economies worldwide — consumer interactions are becoming more personalized, manufacturing and distribution more streamlined, and operational planning more predictive. While these technologies have broad implications for all…
GNS Healthcare, a Cambridge, Mass.-based startup using artificial intelligence to develop precision medicine solutions, announced on July 9 the close of a $23 million funding round led by Cigna Ventures.
Researchers used a machine learning algorithm powered by a massive network of ordinary smartphones to identify and map out potentially cancer-beating molecules in various foods.
A prediction model using machine learning to analyze EHR data showed a marked improvement over previous models to predict a patient's risk of contracting HIV within three years, according to a study published July 5 in The Lancet HIV.
A clinical trial will soon be underway in the U.S. to test the efficacy of an enhanced flu vaccine developed by an artificial intelligence system at Flinders University in South Australia.
UnitedHealth Group has partnered with the Atlanta University Center Consortium, the oldest and largest consortium of historically black colleges and universities, to establish an initiative encouraging students to pursue careers in data analytics.