Artificial Intelligence can mitigate the global shortage of medical diagnostic personnel but requires large-scale annotated datasets to train clinical algorithms. Natural Language Processing (NLP), including Large Language Models (LLMs), shows great potential for annotating…
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The opioid epidemic persists in the U.S., with over 80,000 deaths annually since 2021, primarily driven by synthetic opioids. Responding to this evolving epidemic requires reliable and timely information. One source of data is…
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What Is Agentic AI?
Like other forms of artificial intelligence, agentic AI is only as accurate as the data that fuels it. It relies on “a digital ecosystem of large language models (LLMs), machine learning…
Critical findings in radiology reports are life threatening conditions that need to be communicated promptly to physicians for timely management of patients. Although challenging, advancements in natural language processing (NLP), particularly large language models…
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NLP enables humans and computers to communicate in ways never imagined a few short years ago. The results have practical implications for anyone working in healthcare.
By John Halamka, M.D., M.S., Diercks President, Mayo Clinic…
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Delays in translating new medical evidence into clinical practice hinder patient access to the best available treatments. Our data reveals an average delay of nine years from the initiation of human research to its…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support clinicians in providing patient-centered care can contribute to patient empowerment and care efficiency. We aimed to draft potential AI tools for tailored patient support corresponding to patients’ needs…
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In this new series, we pull back the curtain on the Wizard of Oz to provide plain English explanations about machine learning, artificial neural networks, natural language processing, large language models, and related technology.
By Paul…
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Front and center at Microsoft booth (#2221) at HIMSS25 in Las Vegas is the launch of Microsoft Dragon Copilot, which the company said is the first unified copilot and voice assistant tool clinicians can…
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This systematic review evaluated natural language processing (NLP) approaches for detecting cognitive impairment in electronic health record clinical notes. Following PRISMA guidelines, we analyzed 18 studies (n = 1,064,530) that employed rule-based algorithms (67%), traditional machine…
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