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🌊 Google’s new AI model BEATS doctors?
PLUS: AI tool detects all skin cancers
Bashir Musa
January 21st, 2024
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Welcome back, fellow AI Health nerd!
Google researchers just stunned the medical world by developing a new AI model that proved more accurate at diagnosis and patient communication than real-life doctors.
Does this model’s jaw-dropping performance signal an AI-powered revolution in healthcare accessibility and quality? Let's find out…
This week's waves…
Google's new AI model beats doctors at medical diagnosis accuracy
MIT scientists discover new antibiotics with AI
Idaho surgeon pioneers 1,000 robotic surgeries
FDA clears first AI device to detect all 3 skin cancers
And more AI innovation in healthcare stories...
🩺 AI'S IMPACT ON PATIENT CARE
Source: Google Research
SUMMARY: Google researchers just developed AMIE, an AI research system for natural medical conversations, diagnostic reasoning, and care recommendations. In a randomized study, AMIE performed better than real doctors across 32 quality measures from specialists and 24 from patient actors.
WHY IT MATTERS: AMIE demonstrates AI's potential to increase healthcare access and quality by serving as an accurate, empathetic diagnostic aid to both clinicians and patients.
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SUMMARY: UCLA and UC Irvine researchers publicly released a database of 83,000 surgical outcomes to help train AI algorithms. It contains anonymized patient data and minute-by-minute physiological waveforms that doctors use for clinical decisions.
WHY IT MATTERS: The database enables the development of predictive AI models to reduce surgical complications and improve patient monitoring - setting standards for transparency and privacy.
Read the full story here…
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💡 NEW DEVELOPMENTS & INNOVATIONS
Source: MIT
SUMMARY: MIT researchers used AI models to screen 12 million compounds and identify 2 that can effectively kill antibiotic-resistant MRSA bacteria. Their approach also reveals how the AI makes its predictions, enabling designing better antibiotics.
WHY IT MATTERS: This AI technique to discover new medicines while explaining the model’s reasoning could rapidly expand our antibiotic arsenal against superbugs and save lives.
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SUMMARY: The Gates Foundation announced its largest budget ever at $8.6 billion for 2024, a $2 billion increase over 2021. The extra funding will accelerate developing innovations like AI diagnostics and microneedle vaccines that could save millions of lives.
WHY IT MATTERS: Global health contributions are declining but increased investment in R&D combined with new technologies promise to drive unprecedented progress in equitable healthcare access.
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Rapidly Growing Radiology AI Company, Rad AI, Strikes Partnership With Google Cloud
Forta Announces $55 Million Series A To Build AI Healthcare and Improve Access To Quality Care
CQCX Releases Game-Changing AI Chatbot to Empower Healthcare Efficiency
Neocis: Robot-Assisted Dental Implant Surgery Company Raises $20 Million
🤖 REAL-WORLD AI APPLICATIONS IN HEALTHCARE
Source: Portneuf Medical Center
SUMMARY: Dr. Drew McRoberts recently performed his 1,000th robotic surgery at Portneuf Medical Center. His adoption of the technology since 2015 has established Portneuf as a center of excellence for robotic techniques that are less invasive and enable better patient outcomes.
WHY IT MATTERS: Dr. McRoberts' accomplishment shows how robotic surgery can transform patient care through reduced pain, quicker recovery, and more precise operations.
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SUMMARY: Carilion Giles Community Hospital is using two delivery robots named Moxie to transport items like medication around facilities. This allows nurses and doctors to spend more time focused on patient care instead of errands.
WHY IT MATTERS: AI robots in hospitals promise to alleviate clinician burnout while improving patient experience through more face time with staff.
Read the full story here…
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🔬 NEW AI-POWERED MEDICAL DEVICES & REGULATIONS
Source: Business Wire
SUMMARY: The FDA just cleared the DermaSensor device, the first AI-powered handheld tool for primary care doctors to evaluate suspicious skin lesions for melanoma and other skin cancers in real time. A study with 1,000+ patients showed 96% accuracy across all skin cancers.
WHY IT MATTERS: This AI device can improve early skin cancer detection in primary care, getting more patients necessary treatment sooner and potentially saving lives.
Read the full story here…
More AI-powered medical devices:
Opinion: A new AI predicts when we'll die. It says even more about how we live.
Darmiyan Receives FDA Approval for BrainSee, the First Prognostic Test for Predicting Dementia.
Revolutionary AI tool forecasts kidney injury signs with high accuracy in intensive care
Digital biomarker tool for rapidly identifying lung fibrosis cleared by FDA
SUMMARY: As AI transforms healthcare, medical device companies risk losing patent rights or exposing proprietary data if employees misuse tools like ChatGPT. Developing a comprehensive corporate AI policy can help mitigate risks around disclosure, data sharing, copyright issues, and bias.
WHY IT MATTERS: A sound AI policy ensures medical device companies ethically leverage AI tools for efficiency while still rigorously protecting sensitive intellectual property assets.
Read the full story here...
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MHRA unveils roadmap for new medical device regulations in the UK
WHO releases AI ethics and governance guidance for large multi-modal models
That’s it, those are some of the top developments in the world of AI and healthcare this week!
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Thanks for reading and have a great weekend.
Until next week,
Bashir Musa
Founder & CEO
AI HealthWave
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