Machine Learning

Volpara is purchasing all outstanding equity of CRA for $18 million and will pay an additional $4 million if certain strategic targets are met within 18 months.

Regional Cancer Care Associates used machine learning algorithms to identify patients at highest risk for COVID-19 during the pandemic, and help it direct care coordination resources.

ANSI/CTA-2090 puts the focus on three must-haves, according to the Consumer Technology Organization: human trust, technical trust and regulatory trust.

For AI to have impact, it must take a human-centered approach, easily integrate into physician workflows and be friendly to use.

Piece Technologies CEO Dr. Ruben Amarasingham and OSF Ventures' Dr. Garrett Vygantas discuss how AI can make physicians' lives easier.

Dr. Tanuj Gupta, vice president at Cerner Intelligence, talks gender and racial algorithm bias, whether AI could replace clinicians, and how machine learning should be regulated.

The research team noted that lung tissue gets stiffer as a person gets older, showing different patterns of gene expression than in younger people.

Humana is also working with CMS on a demonstration program for a hospice benefit for MA members.

AdventHealth, Advocate Aurora, Northwell, Novant, Providence and Tenet are just some of the major providers collaborating on the new data platform, whose goal is to "improve health equity and advance personalized medicine," according to its CEO.

Healthcare organizations can harness machine learning to schedule vaccines, streamline patient communications and even prioritize access  – but the technology is hardly infallible.