WIRED Archives - A-Medicare https://a-medicare.com/tag/wired/ The Ultimate Destination for Healthcare Fri, 15 Apr 2022 03:59:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://a-medicare.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/PrefLogogold_512x512-150x150.png WIRED Archives - A-Medicare https://a-medicare.com/tag/wired/ 32 32 When It Comes to Health Care, AI Has a Long Way to Go https://a-medicare.com/when-it-comes-to-health-care-ai-has-a-long-way-to-go/ Sun, 16 Jan 2022 16:08:02 +0000 https://www.a-medicare.org/?p=2296 When It Comes to Health Care, AI Has a Long Way to Go Back Medical information is more complex and less available than the web data that many algorithms were trained on, so results can be misleading. THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC has prompted countless acts of individual heroism and some astounding collective feats of science. Pharmaceutical companies…

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]]> The US Government Will Pay Doctors to Use These AI Algorithms https://a-medicare.com/the-us-government-will-pay-doctors-to-use-these-ai-algorithms/ Wed, 18 Nov 2020 16:27:14 +0000 https://www.a-medicare.org/?p=2321 There are artificial intelligence programs that can diagnose eye disease in diabetics and complications in stroke patients. SOME ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE breakthroughs happen in computer science labs or tense televised board games between a person and a machine. The latest advance in medical AI has less glamorous origins: the depths of US government bureaucracy. The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…

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]]> Using AI to Help Stroke Victims When ‘Time Is Brain’ https://a-medicare.com/using-ai-to-help-stroke-victims-when-time-is-brain/ Sat, 09 Feb 2019 12:06:35 +0000 https://www.a-medicare.org/?p=2303 The FDA is approving artificial-intelligence software to help diagnose diseases and help treat patients. SINCE ENTREPRENEUR CHRIS Mansi cofounded Viz.ai in 2016, the best-funded wizards of artificial intelligence have taken on board games, and created emoji that mirror your facial expressions. Meanwhile, Mansi has been developing algorithms to save the brain cells of stroke patients. This month, the…

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]]> Controversial Brain Imaging Uses AI to Take Aim at Suicide Prevention https://a-medicare.com/controversial-brain-imaging-uses-ai-to-take-aim-at-suicide-prevention/ Tue, 17 Oct 2017 15:23:33 +0000 https://www.a-medicare.org/?p=2317 Researchers are training algorithms to spot tell-tale signs of self-harm in brain scans. But there’s probably better data to use. WHEN SOMEONE TAKES their own life, they leave behind an inheritance of unanswered questions. “Why did they do it?” “Why didn’t we see this coming?” “Why didn’t I help them sooner?” If suicide were easy to…

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