Sensor technology with artificial intelligence to improve patient safety
By
Guy Fragala, Ph.D.
Jun 30, 2021
In today’s world, advances in technology have provided a great opportunity for the application of this technology targeted at improving the safety of healthcare patients. Consider having a caregiver...
Artificial Intelligence and neural networks, beyond your average key word reader
By
Renee Kinder
May 20, 2021
Mother’s Day in our household always arrives with excessive amounts of artwork, clay creations and the legendary “Top 10 Reasons Why I Love My Mom” letters. The sentences are always nicely structured...
Addressing the top residence safety risks of 2021
By
Heather Annolino
Apr 29, 2021
The coronavirus drastically altered the delivery of healthcare over the past year, especially for resident care facilities. These organizations were faced with the challenge of managing ongoing care while...
Google vets health record tool for patients; Microsoft bets on healthcare AI
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 13, 2021
Google is recruiting Android users to see how they prefer to interact with their own health data, and Microsoft is working to develop software that transcribes patient-doctor conversations directly into...
How will artificial intelligence transform resident care?
By
Deepak Gaddipati
Dec 02, 2020
Early intervention is the key to better health outcomes for older adults, but achieving this can be rather elusive in senior care. Care today is reactive and often bogged down in busywork. As it is, many...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Nov. 4
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 04, 2020
Artificial intelligence accurately predicts Alzheimer’s disease in IBM study … CMS finalizes policies encouraging home dialysis … Mild COVID has 7 “disease forms” with different effects, investigators...
Algorithm accurately predicts Alzheimer’s risk, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
May 05, 2020
A computer algorithm can go head-to-head with neurologists, accurately diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease and predicting risk, say investigators.
Machine learning tracks tremor severity over time in Parkinson’s
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 30, 2019
Wearable devices that use machine learning can accurately detect and rate Parkinson’s disease tremors outside the clinical setting.
Clinical Briefs for Friday, September 27
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 26, 2019
More stroke survivors should take statins: study … Artificial intelligence helps scientists predict depression outcomes … Inflammation the likely culprit in gene linked to Parkinson’s, Crohn’s...
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, September 26
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 25, 2019
A healthy diet may help prevent kidney disease … Blood pressure and prostate treatment may prevent or slow Parkinson’s … Hormone therapy tied to decreased diabetes biomarkers … Artificial intelligence...