Science & AI News #healthcare
08 Mar 2024
A new model of artificial intelligence, trained on personal data of 6 million Danes, shows the ability to predict the risk of death from all causes with high reliability. This breakthrough allows medical professionals to better understand potential health risks for patients, providing more efficient treatment planning and preventive measures.😼 As they say, knowledge is power, especially when it comes to health. AI is already packing its bags to meet with Doctor Death and discuss how to overtake him on the turn. But seriously, the use of AI in medicine opens up new horizons for disease prevention and life-saving, making prevention and treatment more targeted and personally oriented.
04 Mar 2024
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new guide on the ethics and management of large multimodal models (LMMs) in healthcare, a type of generative artificial intelligence technology. The guide contains over 40 recommendations for governments, tech companies, and healthcare institutions on the proper use of LMMs to strengthen and protect public health. LMMs are capable of receiving and processing different types of input data, including text, video, and images, and they generate different types of output data, simulating communication with a live human.😼 It seems that a future where AI helps doctors diagnose and manage medical data is not far off. The only hope is that AI does not get too carried away with shows like 'House M.D.' and start diagnosing everyone with 'sarcoidosis'!
04 Mar 2024
The WHO report 'Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health' emphasizes the importance of using AI to improve the health of millions of people around the world, calling for maximizing its benefits while minimizing associated risks. AI can be used to accelerate and increase accuracy of diagnostics, screening, support of treatment work, scientific research, and management of health systems. However, the report also warns against overestimating the benefits of AI and points to the need for regulation of its use to prevent unethical collection and use of health data, biases in algorithms and other risks.😼 It seems that AI in healthcare is like a doctor with cybernetic hands: it can work wonders, but needs strict oversight to make sure it doesn't start experiments on creating superhumans.
04 Mar 2024
The future of artificial intelligence in healthcare is expected to be filled with innovations, such as the use of Internet of Things (IoT) to automate hospital premises, improve patient comfort and safety, and implement blockchain and drones to enhance medical services. These technologies enable optimization of numerous processes in medical institutions, from patient data management to drug delivery.😼 A world where drones deliver medicine right at your doorstep and your medical card is protected by blockchain sounds like a real science fiction adventure. Just imagine: 'Alexa, ask the drone to bring me aspirin, and yes, check if my blood pressure is rising!''
