🌊New AI tool predicts patient DEATH?

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Happy Saturday, AI & healthcare enthusiasts!

Welcome to the first-ever issue of AI HealthWave – a big heartfelt thank you to our 30 founding subscribers for your early support!

In the holiday spirit, let's quickly review some of the top AI in healthcare developments and innovations that have revolutionized patient and doctor experiences this year.

According to Fox News, if you received medical care any time this year, there’s a good chance you had a close encounter with artificial intelligence.

With that said, let’s dive into these developments… 

AI in healthcare TOP waves of 2023:

• New AI tool predicts patient death

• ChatGPT's 98.4% breast cancer detection accuracy

• ChatGPT 9.8x MORE empathetic than doctors with patients

• UCL's AI model transforms retinal diagnostics

• AI reduces physician burnout by saving them 3+ hours a week

• New AI-designed COVID drug in phase I clinical trials

• 40 newest FDA-Approved AI medical devices

• AMA sets AI medical advice guidelines

🩺 AI'S IMPACT ON PATIENT CARE

A new AI model helps doctors predict a patient’s risk of death within 5 to 90 days after admission to the hospital

Lead study author Dr. Jonathan Handler is a senior fellow of innovation with OSF HealthCare in Illinois. His team developed an AI model that's designed to predict a patient’s risk of death within five to 90 days after admission to the hospital. Read more.

ChatGPT 4 achieves 98.4% accuracy in detecting breast cancer screening recommendations
According to the American College of Radiology's Criteria, researchers tested ChatGPT 4 with 21 breast cancer/pain prompts and found 98.4% accuracy in cancer and 77.7% in pain screening recommendations.

ChatGPT offers higher quality and 9.8x more empathetic responses to patient questions than physicians
The researchers conducted a cross-sectional study and found that ChatGPT — a popular AI chatbot assistant that was released in November 2022 — provides higher-quality, empathetic responses to patient’s questions than physicians.

 💡 NEW DEVELOPMENTS & INNOVATIONS

Researchers from the University College London announced a "groundbreaking" AI model for disease detection using retinal images

This model, developed through self-supervised learning on 1.6 million unlabeled retinal images, excels in diagnosing and predicting both eye diseases and systemic disorders such as heart failure and myocardial infarction. Read more.

This voice-enabled AI technology alleviates burnout and saves physicians 3.3 hours per week in documentation time
The American Academy of Family Physicians' report reveals that 132 physicians using this technology saw a 72% cut in their note documentation time, saving 3.3 hours weekly per clinician.

New AI-generated COVID drug enters Phase I clinical trials: ‘Effective against all variants’
Insilico Medicine, an AI-driven biotech company based in Hong Kong and in New York City, recently announced that its new AI-designed drug for COVID-19 has entered Phase I clinical trials.

🤖 REAL-WORLD AI APPLICATIONS IN HEALTHCARE

Top 10 real-world examples of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in healthcare in 2023

AI applications revolutionize healthcare by enhancing early disease detection, personalizing treatment plans, and streamlining diagnosis, treatment, and patient care management. Read more.

🔬 LATEST AI MEDICAL DEVICES & REGULATIONS

A list of 40 newest FDA-approved AI medical devices approved in 2023

This list contains information about medical uses, usage guidelines, and contraindications for each device, aiding informed healthcare decisions in conjunction with doctor's advice. Read more.

AMA agrees to develop guidelines for artificial intelligence-created medical devices
At its House of Delegates meeting, the AMA announced the development of guidelines on the benefits and risks of AI-generated medical devices.

Survey: 32-40% of U.S. adults comfortable with AI-led primary care visits and therapy
A July survey shows researchers found that 32-40% of 18-34 year-old adults in the U.S. are comfortable with AI-led primary care visits and therapy, versus 24% of those 65+.

That’s it, those are some of the top-dominated headlines in the world of AI and healthcare this year.

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Thanks for reading and have a great weekend.

Happy holidays,
Bashir Musa
Founder of AI HealthWave

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