Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, neural networks and deep learning are the new, new thing. Applications in medicine are potentially vast and, as most things on the upside of the hype cycle, there is a proliferation of papers, conferences, webinars and organizations trying to stay ahea
Medopad go to China The UK-based startup Medopad recently closed $143 million of funding in China for its remote patient monitoring apps and wearables, and advanced patient analytics. Photo credit: Dan VahdatDan Vahdat's selfie with British Prime Minister Teresa May on a Royal Airforce flight to Ch
A former NSA Intelligence Officer wants bots in every hospital to tackle the opioid epidemic Almost three million Americans are addicted to opioids, an epidemic which continues to damage communities and claim lives across the nation. Provisional data for 2017 suggests that the number of opioid-relat
Every week, news stories are published about new technologies that have the potential to transform and reshape healthcare. But discriminating applications with real promise from hype, and knowing which products will stand the test of time to actually transform healthcare is difficult at best. A few
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Dr Anthony Chang, MD, MBA, MPH, MS, attended HIMSS18 Global conference last week to spread the message of artificial intelligence in medicine, the AIMed mission statement, and to learn about the innovative solutions in the healthcare space. While touring the event space Dr Chang met Erez Ben-Zvi fro
Dr Spyro Mousses talking value propositions for AI on the Augmented City podcast. This is a preview of the entire interview, available now in our resources page. Dr Spyro Mousses is an AIMed faculty member, Chief Scientist and Executive Scientific Advisor for the Sharon Disney Lund Medical Intellige
News and hype surround the field of radiology with headlines around the world purporting that it will be disrupted overnight. Few companies though really have the evidence to back up these claims. A combination of factors have led to this field being a target for innovators including the expansion o
Curtis Kennedy, MD, PHD, a practicing physician at Texas Children's Hospital wants to ignite a conversation around the future of healthcare based on real world needs: I am a physician that cares for children with severe, life-threatening conditions. I work in a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU),