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 Extensive benchmarking of a method that estimates external model performance from limited statistical characteristics
npj Digital Medicine - (Monday January 27, 2025) Predictive model performance may deteriorate when applied to data sources that were not used for training, thus, external validation is a key step in successful model deployment. As access to patient-level external data sources…  Towards evaluating and building versatile large language models for medicine
npj Digital Medicine - (Monday January 27, 2025) In this study, we present MedS-Bench, a comprehensive benchmark to evaluate large language models (LLMs) in clinical contexts, MedS-Bench, spanning 11 high-level clinical tasks. We evaluate nine leading LLMs, e.g., MEDITRON, Llama 3, Mistral,… |
 498 – HiNZ: Digital Health Week NZ 2024, Feature Episode
Talking HealthTech - (Sunday January 26, 2025) This feature episode of Talking HealthTech showcases interviews by Peter Birch from Talking HealthTech and Rebecca McBeth from Health Informatics New Zealand (HiNZ) during the Digital Health Week NZ 2024, hosted by HiNZ.This discussion…  500 – Behind the Scenes: What 500 Episodes of Talking HealthTech Have Taught Us
Talking HealthTech - (Sunday January 26, 2025) In this episode of Talking HealthTech, hosts Peter Birch, Nathan Moore, and Sophie Turner celebrate a significant milestoneepisode 500. They reflect on the podcast’s journey and dive into health technologys broader landscape and future.Focusing… |
 Monday Morning Update 1/27/25 – HIStalk
HIStalk - (Sunday January 26, 2025) Top News UnitedHealth Group increases its estimate of individuals impacted by a February 2024 ransomware attack on its Change Healthcare division from 100 million to 190 million, affecting nearly half of all Americans.  Machine learning approach for noninvasive intracranial pressure estimation using pulsatile cranial expansion waveforms
npj Digital Medicine - (Sunday January 26, 2025) Noninvasive methods for intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring have emerged, but none has successfully replaced invasive techniques. This observational study developed and tested a machine learning (ML) model to estimate ICP using waveforms from a… |
 A multicenter study of neurofibromatosis type 1 utilizing deep learning for whole body tumor identification
npj Digital Medicine - (Sunday January 26, 2025) Deep-learning models have shown promise in differentiating between benign and malignant lesions. Previous studies have primarily focused on specific anatomical regions, overlooking tumors occurring throughout the body with highly heterogeneous whole-body backgrounds. Using neurofibromatosis…  SleepVibe, a compact sleep aid that enhances deep sleep
eHealth Radio Network - (Saturday January 25, 2025)
James Marsh, CEO of The SleepVibe, a compact sleep aid that enhances deep sleep without needing headphones or audible sound joins eHealth Radio and the Health News, Sleep Health and Technology Channels. Listen to interview… |
 Explainable vision transformer for automatic visual sleep staging on multimodal PSG signals
npj Digital Medicine - (Saturday January 25, 2025) Polysomnography (PSG) is crucial for diagnosing sleep disorders, but manual scoring of PSG is time-consuming and subjective, leading to high variability. While machine-learning models have improved PSG scoring, their clinical use is hindered by…  Allara Health Secures $26M to Advance Women’s Hormonal Care – MedCity News
MedCity News - (Saturday January 25, 2025) Virtual women’s health company Allara Health has raised $26 million in Series B funding, which it will use to further support women battling chronic hormonal conditions, the company announced on Friday. Allara Health, based in… |