We see, in this article, the applications of digital health in contrast to Covid-19, which are possible or have been made in Italy and abroad. Continue reading
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AI and predictive medicine: the plans of Clalit
In an interesting interview published in MobiHealthNews, Professor Ran Balicer, Clalit’s Chief Innovation Officer, explains the objectives of this organization for the coming years. Continue reading
Artificial intelligence to evaluate chest CT scans for COVID-19
The Shanghai Public Health Clinical Centre (SPHCC), together with Yitu Healthcare, an AI start-up based in Shanghai, have developed an intelligent chest CT assessment system for COVID-19. Continue reading
Artificial intelligence improves temperature screening
Singapore’s national agency – Integrated Health Information Systems (IHiS) – has developed with Kronikare, a local startup, iThermo, a temperature screening solution enhanced with artificial intelligence. Continue reading
ICT and artificial intelligence to fight cancer in the European Union
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, launched a public consultation to define the future strategy to fight cancer. Every year 3.5 million new cases of cancer are diagnosed in the EU. The latest program for cancer prevention and diagnosis dates back 30 years. Continue reading
Google’s Artificial Intelligence beats human Intelligence in breast cancer diagnosis
A research recently published in Nature reports the results of an AI model developed by Google for the diagnosis of breast cancer by scanning digital mammograms. Continue reading
AWS Launches Amazon Transcribe Medical
The giant of cloud has released a new machine learning service to quickly create accurate transcriptions from medical consultations between patients and physicians. Continue reading
Can the development of AI in medicine be reconciled with privacy?
The question is asked whenever the unauthorised use of patient health data is discovered. Considering the great potential that artificial intelligence (AI) has for medicine, it is necessary to address the issue in a systematic and transparent way. Continue reading
In Yorkshire, predictive analysis reduces emergency care and unscheduled admissions
The Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) of Vale of York, UK, uses predictive analysis to identify patients at risk of unplanned hospital care. Continue reading
How to measure the diagnostic accuracy of artificial intelligence
Diagnostics is a field where AI is growing fast. Doctors, researchers and computer technicians are very involved in the development and testing of new solutions that can exceed the current diagnostic capacity. But how can the diagnostic accuracy of AI be measured? Continue reading
