Clinicians

Can chatbot be our new health coach?

An anxious patient sent out a text, “I was diagnosed today and I’m scared that my whole life will change. Can you help?”  Almost instantly, replies came. “Hi Anna, this is Ariana. Yes, I’m here for you. We’ll get through this together. Think of me as your personal coach. I’ll help you learn about yo

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The meaning of regulatory approval for AI

Aidoc, an Israeli company specializes in providing artificial intelligence (AI) support for radiologists had obtained a clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Pulmonary Embolism (PE) solution, as the company announced in a press release today (15 May).  The PE solution will

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NHSX: UK’s newest effort to digitize national healthcare

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is launching a new unit this July to digitally transform the 70-year-old free public health system. Known as NHSx, the new unit hopes that both staff and patients will benefit from the latest technology of this digital age.  Primarily, according to the press re

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Who should be included in the AI diversity talk?

It started with a tweet, then it turned into a swirl. The mission of the newly established Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) at Stanford University: “The creators and designers of AI must be broadly representative of humanity” was being questioned. The reason being none of i

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Medicine may be fragmented; but AI in medicine should not

At AIMed North America 2018, Dr. Christina Chen, nephrologist of Beth Israel Deaconess medical center, Harvard medical school expressed the privilege to work alongside with data scientists. Indeed, it has never been as challenging as to assemble experts with different agenda to work on the same proj

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Interview: The new blood of AI medicine (Part Two)

As mentioned in Part One, AIMed North America 2018 created a platform for many up and coming young talents in the industry. Tom Murickan is one of them. The present high school junior appeared on stage with his father on the last day of AIMed North America 2018. He spoke together with a panel of exp

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