Experts on AI Tell Nurses: ‘You Need to Embrace This’
WASHINGTON — Artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine certainly has advantages, but it’s not “magic,” experts warned, so it’s important for providers to understand the upside and downside of AI. “For the bedside clinicians, I think it’s important for them to … recognize that artificial intelligence is not some type of magic that just happens in […]
AI Not Ready to Replace Radiologists Interpreting Chest X-Rays
Commercially available artificial intelligence (AI) tools were accurate to varying degrees in flagging chest x-ray abnormalities but turned up more false-positives than radiology reports, a Danish study found. Testing four CE-marked AI tools on real-world radiographs from the Copenhagen region, investigators reported areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves ranging from 0.83-0.88 for airspace disease, […]
FDA Advisors Grapple With Logistical, Ethical Issues of Artificial Womb Technology
While members of the FDA Pediatric Advisory Committee (PAC) said much of the existing artificial womb technology (AWT) research is promising, they noted that the logistical and ethical concerns previously raised by the agency’s staff members are complicated. The committee did not vote during their 2-day meeting this week. Further discussion about first-in-human trials for […]
AI-Aided Colonoscopy Flops for Advanced Neoplasia Detection in Trial
Incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) computer-aided detection systems (CADe) into colonoscopy does not improve rates of advanced neoplasia detection, according to two studies in Annals of Internal Medicine. In the randomized CADILLAC trial of patients with a positive fecal immunochemical test, detection of advanced colorectal neoplasia was virtually identical with or without the use of CADe […]
AI Beat Clinicians at Figuring Out Difficult Diagnoses
A generative artificial intelligence (AI) program diagnosed elderly patients with extensive medical histories and long hospital stays more accurately than clinicians, suggesting the technology could help identify missed diagnoses, according to a new study. An analysis of medical histories for six patients over the age of 65 with delayed diagnoses revealed that GPT-4 (Generative Pre-trained […]
AI-Backed Mammography Keeps Up With Docs for Cancer Detection
Artificial intelligence-supported mammography resulted in a cancer detection rate comparable to that of two breast radiologists working together, while also substantially cutting screening workload. Among more than 80,000 women randomized to either AI-supported mammography screening or to standard double reading without AI, cancer detection rates were 6.1 (95% CI 5.4-6.9) per 1,000 screened participants in […]
Retinal OCT Shows Promise as Diagnostic Aid for Mild Cognitive Impairment
Aided by artificial intelligence, analysis of retinal images and related data identified condition-specific features that distinguished patients with mild cognitive impairment from those with normal cognition, a prospective study showed. The analytic model, used to evaluate optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography (OCTA), detected changes in the retina and microcirculation that distinguished mild cognitive […]
AI Poses Serious Threats to Health and Human Existence, Researchers Say
Despite the potential for negative health outcomes with the use of artificial intelligence (AI), most research is biased toward its benefits, without sufficient consideration of effective regulations that would be needed to avoid those harms, according to an expert analysis. There are three key threats the technology poses to human health and well-being, including upending […]
Artificial Intelligence Creates Inroads to Ophthalmology Clinical Practice
SAN DIEGO — As some experts sound the alarm about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI), ophthalmologists have begun embracing AI as a means to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care. During a first-of-its-kind session at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, speakers discussed ongoing efforts to develop and […]
Journal Shows Its Commitment to Exploring AI in Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine is charging ahead with its coverage of the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine, publishing a special report, a review, and an editorial in this week’s issue, and announcing the creation of a journal dedicated to AI. The special report, written by researchers from Microsoft, outlined potential medical […]