AI Is Finding Broader Use in in Healthcare, and It’s Not Just for Speedy Drug R&D Anymore

AI Is Finding Broader Use in in Healthcare, and It’s Not Just for Speedy Drug R&D Anymore

Artificial intelligence is being incorporated into more places in healthcare, for uses such as guiding clinical trial enrollment as well as helping physicians get up to speed on a patient’s history. A panel discussed these applications and more during MedCity News’s INVEST conference in Chicago. The post AI Is Finding Broader Use in in Healthcare, and It’s Not Just for Speedy Drug R&D Anymore appeared first on MedCity News.

Some doctors increasingly using artificial intelligence to take notes during appointments

It was easy to miss Dr. Robert Gray’s quick movements, tapping the screen of his smartphone at the beginning and end of patient visits on a recent day. But Gray said those fast finger taps have changed his life. He was tapping an app that records discussions during his appointments and then uses artificial intelligence to find the relevant information, summarize it and zap it, within seconds, into each patient’s electronic medical record. The te…

Doctor uses AI to help expecting mothers - WCCB Charlotte's CW

More than 300,000 women in North Carolina live in an area that does not have enough hospitals or birthing centers, or in some cases, any at all, according to data from March of Dimes. Now, researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill are using AI technology to provide more resources for those expecting mothers. Here’s how it works: users plug in battery-powered ultrasound devices into a smartphone or tablet. The app then guides the user through the ultrasound…