[ad_1] Workers at UCSF Medical Center and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital are wearing the devices, and Oura has asked another 150,000 users to share their data. The rings aren’t exactly comprehensive trackers, but they do record body temperature, heart rate and other vitals. In the near term, they could alert medical workers if they […]
Category: healthcare
Apple donates millions of masks to healthcare pros in the US and Europe
[ad_1] This comes alongside other contributions, including $15 million in donations and a program that lets Apple Card owners skip their March payments without interest. Apple certainly isn’t alone in supporting the fight against COVID-19, including direct equipment donations. Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma have been donating masks, test kits, protective suits and face […]
Razer is making surgical masks to help with supply shortages
[ad_1] The company plans to provide healthcare authorities around the globe with as many as a million masks. CEO Min-Laing Tan said Razer’s engineers and designers have been working around the clock over the last few days to convert some of its production facilities so workers can temporarily make surgical masks instead of gaming peripherals. […]
Microsoft backs AI in healthcare with a $40 million program
[ad_1] The money will go toward a mix of nonprofits, researchers, industry pros and governments, giving partners access to AI and cloud tools, Microsoft data scientists and “select” cash grants. Existing projects aim to improve the understanding of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, boost efforts to fight leprosy, upgrade tools to limit preventable blindness and widen […]
FDA clears algorithms that detect heart murmurs and AFib
[ad_1] According to the company, the AI can identify heart murmurs with 87 percent sensitivity and 87 percent specificity. In comparison, primary care physicians unaided by AI had a 43 percent sensitivity and 69 percent specificity, according to a study in European Heart Journal. When used with the Eko DUO stethoscope, the AI reportedly detected […]
Stanford’s new tech-laden hospital includes pill-picking robots
[ad_1] The pharmacy will include robots that pick pills and pack them in backs, with other robots delivering them to dispensing stations. This frees up the humans for more involved tasks. Another 23 automated guided vehicles, meanwhile, help with delivering laundry and taking out the trash. Sensors track both equipment and staff in real time […]
Google is reportedly gathering health data on millions of Americans
[ad_1] The effort has been dubbed “Project Nightingale,” and a person familiar with the matter told WSJ that at least 150 Google employees have access to data on tens of millions of patients. Google is reportedly using the data to design new, AI-driven software. While this may feel like an invasion of privacy, the Health […]
Healthcare risk algorithm had ‘significant racial bias’
[ad_1] The differences were sometimes acute. Scientists reckoned that eliminating the algorithmic bias would increase the percentage of black patients receiving extra help from 17.7 percent to 46.5 percent. When millions of customers were processed through the algorithm, this meant that legions of black people weren’t receiving enough support. In this case, the bias appear […]
Google bans ads for unproven medical treatments
[ad_1] According to The Washington Post, the change was made in response to outcry over online marketing by stem cell clinics touting unapproved treatments for everything from joint pain to Alzheimer’s. At best, many of the clinics are a waste of money. At worst, they can be extremely dangerous. The policy includes a list of […]
MIT AI model is ‘significantly’ better at predicting breast cancer
[ad_1] The scientists first looked at the mammograms of over 60,000 patients who were treated at Massachusetts General. They then identified the women that developed breast cancer within five years of their screening. With this data, scientists created a model that recognizes the subtle patterns in breast tissue that are the early signs of cancer. […]