Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence tools will augment physicians’ jobs and one day be able to provide Memorial Sloan Kettering levels of care in places as far as rural China, Big Blue representatives said at Health Datapalooza.  

The upcoming event will address emerging technologies, leadership insights, challenges to overcome and practicable advice about thriving in the increasingly data-rich healthcare world.

TB is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide.

Quality management and diagnosis and treatment systems are among top use cases for AI and cognitive computing, IDC report says.

Big Blue will make Anaconda available on its PowerAI software for developers creating cognitive computing tools.

Amazon and Merck are putting $250,000 on the line for innovators that use Alexa voice solutions to make Type 2 diabetics’ lives better.

A new Healthcare IT News and HIMSS Analytics survey found population health and precision medicine among the initiatives where health IT professionals expect AI to have the greatest impact.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center will give doctors and nurses hands-on training with emerging technology.

The biotech mogul gave about $15 million to Phoenix Children’s Hospital fund that included millions in deals that benefited his for-profit companies.

The technologies are enabling early-adopter hospitals to transition from the art of medicine to the science of medicine.