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 A machine-learned model for predicting weight loss success using weight change features early in treatment
npj Digital Medicine - (Friday November 29, 2024) Stepped-care obesity treatments aim to improve efficiency by early identification of non-responders and adjusting interventions but lack validated models. We trained a random forest classifier to improve the predictive utility of a clinical decision…  AI tool offers insights to improve safety in maternity care
Digital Health - (Friday November 29, 2024) Researchers at Loughborough University have developed an AI tool designed to enhance safety in maternity care by identifying the human factors that could impact outcomes. |
 Heim Health raises £2.2m to deliver community-based care
Digital Health - (Friday November 29, 2024) Heim Health co-founders Sasha Tory (left), Kelly Klifa (centre) and James Monico (right) (Credit: Heim Health) Heim Health, a software platform that helps deliver at-home care, has announced a £2.2 million seed funding round…  An optimal antibiotic selection framework for Sepsis patients using Artificial Intelligence
npj Digital Medicine - (Friday November 29, 2024) In this work we present OptAB, the first completely data-driven online-updateable antibiotic selection model based on Artificial Intelligence for Sepsis patients accounting for side-effects. OptAB performs an iterative optimal antibiotic selection for real-world Sepsis… |
 NHS national image-sharing platform hits ‘record usage’
Digital Health - (Friday November 29, 2024) A national image sharing platform used by NHS organisations, patients and independent service providers is now being used to share as many as 500 images per second, according to technology supplier Sectra.  Natural language processing in mixed-methods evaluation of a digital sleep-alcohol intervention for young adults
npj Digital Medicine - (Friday November 29, 2024) We used natural language processing (NLP) in convergent mixed methods to evaluate young adults’ experiences with Call it a Night (CIAN), a digital personalized feedback and coaching sleep-alcohol intervention. Young adults with heavy drinking… |
 510(k) for South Korean medical imaging AI and more briefs
MobiHealthNews - (Friday November 29, 2024) South Korean medical imaging AI company Neurophet has received second clearance for its brain image analysis software in the United States.It obtained another 510(k) from the US Food and Drug Administration for the latest…  Semi automatic quantification of REM sleep without atonia in natural sleep environment
npj Digital Medicine - (Friday November 29, 2024) Polysomnography, the gold standard diagnostic tool in sleep medicine, is performed in an artificial environment. This might alter sleep and may not accurately reflect typical sleep patterns. While macro-structures are sensitive to environmental effects,… |
 NHSE chief nurse Duncan Burton to deliver Rewired 2025 keynote
Digital Health - (Thursday November 28, 2024) England’s most senior nurse, Duncan Burton, is the latest high-profile NHS keynote to join the Digital Health Rewired 2025 speaker line-up.  Could virtual hospitals be the solution to the broken NHS?
Digital Health - (Thursday November 28, 2024) Wider development and roll out of virtual hospitals could move us away from trust silos, easing regional variations to create a transformed national service, writes Paul Grant digital health consultant and the author of… |