AI in Healthcare Blogs

Self-triage chatbots were adopted more rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic, when they were trained to evaluate COVID symptoms and connect high-risk users with details for telehealth providers or local testing centers. Buoy Health, GYANT and Conversa Health all launched COVID-19 … Read More

One of the key issues that has always plagued the healthcare system has been the disparity of information between providers and patients. A provider knows where to send a patient if they have a cough with a mild fever (as … Read More

Artificial intelligence could be about to improve the way nurses do their jobs. Recent exciting developments include bottles which automatically issue reminders to drink, diapers that sound an alert when wet and sensor-equipped stoma pouches. AI will change the focus … Read More

One of the emerging concepts in this area is that of ambient intelligence. Ambient intelligence occurs when sensors such as microphones and cameras provide data to an AI that can analyze what’s going on in the clinical situation and generate … Read More

In my opinion, documentation assistants will be one of the best and earliest use cases where AI will make a significant difference in the practice of medicine.   Clinical documentation in the EHR is one of the biggest drivers of … Read More

AI can also start to provide first-line support to patients in the form of bots using voice or text. This would be helpful to patients but also free up the care team to focus on more important activities and lighten … Read More

Practicing medicine is complicated and involves many activities. This is because human body is complex and there are many moving parts. On top of it, there are many activities that need to be done around taking care of patients. These … Read More

It’s estimated that about 25% of this $4 trillion is due to administration, which means that we spend $1 trillion a year on paperwork. It’s no wonder that healthcare is now the number one employer, passing retail as of 2017 … Read More

In a conversation with Kang Zhang, MD, one of the pioneers in the applications of healthcare AI, he mentioned to me about the amazing potential of generative AI to be a game changers in healthcare. Dr. Zhang has done some … Read More

As with clinical trials, regulatory submissions, pharmacovigilance, communicating with providers and patients, and monitoring social media for adverse events of drugs involves a large amount of information in the form of narratives. Large language models represent a quantum leap in … Read More