Artificial Intelligence

As it looks ahead to 2040, Deloitte sees fundamental improvements in the decades ahead – with advances in interoperability, improvements for patient access and major medical discoveries enabling fundamental behavior change for better health.

The health system's second "big omics data engine," or BODE 2, funded in part by HHS, will have 15 terabytes of memory, 14 petabytes of raw storage and a peak speed of 220 teraflops per second – nearly double that of its predecessor.

Richard Staynings, chief security strategist at Cylera, says hospitals have seconds to respond using defensive AI to recognize algorithm transformations taking place is suspected malware.

While Google apparently signed a business associate agreement with Ascension, and the scope of the data sharing appears to be in line with HIPAA allowances, there are still many questions about how the patient information is being put to use.

Hemas Holdings' healthcare vertical is eyeing improved patient experience, consumer digital health and an IT overhaul for its businesses, says Chief Digital Officer Chandima Cooray.

In the next three years, Selena+, a system which analyzes retinal photographs across the nation for diabetes screening will be deployed.

With the initiative, reportedly called Project Nightingale, the health system and tech giant have been collecting and analyzing detailed medical records, including names and birth dates, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Those in wheelchairs are benefiting from AI, autonomous vehicles and other tech for full equality of life, claim Shannon Aquino, vice president of development, and staffer Chris Hoeh at the United Spinal Association.

A team of scientists trained a neural network to evaluate electrocardiograms to predict which patients were likely to develop an irregular heartbeat.

Conversational AI can dynamically respond to and serve patients across the tech literacy spectrum, says Kristi Ebong, SVP and GM at Orbita.