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New Streamlined Statistical Method Provides Improved Pattern Detection and Risk Prediction for Disease

Researchers from the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) at UNC-Chapel Hill, Perspectrix, the UNC School of Medicine, and the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute have collaborated to develop a new method for finding patterns in data which arguably surpasses the performance of a generally accepted “gold standard.”

AI and Robotics Uncover Hidden Signatures of Parkinson’s Disease

A study published in Nature Communications unveils a new platform for discovering cellular signatures of disease that integrates robotic systems for studying  patient cells with artificial intelligence methods for image analysis. Using their automated cell culture  platform, scientists at the NYSCF Research Institute collaborated with Google Research to  successfully identify new cellular hallmarks of Parkinson’s disease by creating and profiling over a  million images of skin cells from a cohort of 91 patients and healthy controls. 

H2O.ai Showcases Healthcare and Life Sciences Leadership with Customer Successes, Breadth of AI Apps

H2O.ai, an AI Cloud leader, announced it has expanded its healthcare capabilities, now offering 40 AI applications across population health, precision medicine, public health and intelligent supply chain, supporting customers throughout the healthcare ecosystem including Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) and Kaiser Permanente.  

insideBIGDATA Guide to How Data Analytics is Transforming Healthcare – Part 3

[Sponsored Post] This technology guide, “insideBIGDATA Guide to How Data Analytics is Transforming Healthcare,” sponsored by Dell Technologies, provides an overview of some of the trends influencing big data in healthcare, the potential benefits, likely challenges, and recommended next steps. If your organization is one of the many that is still in the early stages of implementing its big data analytics strategy, you likely have many questions answered with this new guide.

insideBIGDATA Guide to How Data Analytics is Transforming Healthcare – Part 2

[Sponsored Post] This technology guide, “insideBIGDATA Guide to How Data Analytics is Transforming Healthcare,” sponsored by Dell Technologies, provides an overview of some of the trends influencing big data in healthcare, the potential benefits, likely challenges, and recommended next steps. If your organization is one of the many that is still in the early stages of implementing its big data analytics strategy, you likely have many questions answered with this new guide.

Data and the Fight Against COVID

In this special guest feature, Neal Brenner, Chief Information Officer, SSG llc, outlines the technology infrastructure State Governments need have in place to combat the Long COVID crisis. Is the unprecedented volume of data we’re collecting about the COVID-19 pandemic creating a proactive approach to battling the virus?

insideBIGDATA Guide to How Data Analytics is Transforming Healthcare

[Sponsored Post] This technology guide, “insideBIGDATA Guide to How Data Analytics is Transforming Healthcare,” sponsored by Dell Technologies, provides an overview of some of the trends influencing big data in healthcare, the potential benefits, likely challenges, and recommended next steps. If your organization is one of the many that is still in the early stages of implementing its big data analytics strategy, you likely have many questions answered with this new guide.

AI, Healthcare, and C-3PO

In this special guest feature, David Sellars, CEng, Principal, Product Innovations at DrFirst, discusses how artificial intelligence has been lauded as the coming revolution in healthcare. But if you ask a clinician in your local hospital or pharmacy if they use AI in their regular workflows, you are likely to find that AI is curiously absent.

Proscia Announces Artificial Intelligence Breakthrough in Melanoma Detection

Proscia®, a leading provider of digital and computational pathology solutions, has released study results on new technology that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically detect melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, with a high degree of accuracy. The findings illustrate the promise of AI to deliver faster diagnoses, improve patient outcomes, and optimize laboratory economics in the routine practice of pathology. 

How to Transfer Fundamental AI Advances into Practical Solutions for Healthcare

In this special guest feature, Dave DeCaprio, CTO and Co-founder, ClosedLoop.ai, discusses what it really takes to make AI that physicians trust. There are significant challenges that go beyond the algorithms when applying AI to healthcare.