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Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center conducted what they believe is the first prospective real-world study of a patient-facing conversational AI system in primary care. The study aims to evaluate the technology through the same kind of rigorous clinical testing used for other health care interventions. The findings appear in The Lancet.
Read the original →A new explainable machine learning framework combines EEG signals with clinical data. It distinguishes Alzheimer's disease from frontotemporal dementia with 89.8 percent accuracy.
Read the original →The opinion piece says AI has become integrated into 99% of Americans' lives, from planning vacations and tailoring job applications to navigating roadways and tracking daily movement and health patterns. The description is cut off after mentioning two-thirds.
Read the original →The program targets musculoskeletal claims first. It will open to all extended health members in 2027.
Read the original →The session, titled "Thinking About the Future of Care and Welfare with AI and VR," will be held on October 17 at El Osaka in Kitahama-higashi, Chuo Ward, Osaka. It is for people working in care and welfare to learn about technology usable in the field and try it in practice. Attendees can learn from an expert and experience the latest VR rehabilitation, and the organizer, Hatta, has 19 years of experience in caregiving.
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