This Matters Arising questions the MCID threshold for the Knee Society Score in Xiaodi Liu et al.’s study, noting that it represents an excessively large proportion of the total score and may not accurately…
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Clinical decision-making often simplifies continuous risk data into discrete levels using round-number thresholds. These simplifications can distort risk assessments. To systematically uncover these distortions, we develop an interpretable machine learning model that identifies anomalies…
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Lucienne Ide, MD, PhD, Founder and CEO of Rimidi
The annual release of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) generated more attention than usual this year among practices that have considered or are already offering…
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Surgical site infections (SSIs), among the most frequent healthcare-associated infections, require surveillance, but traditional methods are labour-intensive. We developed machine learning (ML) and rule-based models for the semi-automated detection of deep and organ/space SSIs…
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Family members who I talk to about AI are usually surprised to learn that it’s being used in healthcare. They assume that regulations for its use must be in place. I explain the threshold…
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This randomized trial compared remote perioperative telemonitoring (RPM) care versus surgeon only care in patients with gastrointestinal (GI), genitourinary (GU), or gynecological (GYN) cancers (N = 293). The RPM care arm wore a wristband accelerometer and…
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Salvo Health, a digital gastrointestinal care company, raised $4 million in an extended Seed Prime round after announcing a $5 million investment in February of last year. New investor The Artemis Fund participated in the extended round…
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Algorithmic bias occurs when predictive model performance varies meaningfully across sociodemographic classes, exacerbating systemic healthcare disparities. NYC Health + Hospitals, an urban safety net system, assessed bias in two binary classification models in our…
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Background: Considering the high prevalence of mental health conditions among young people and the technological advancements of artificial intelligence (AI)–based approaches in health services, mobile health (mHealth) apps for mental health are a promising…
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What You Should Know:
– U.S. hospitals nationwide experienced increases across most metrics—including revenues, patient volumes, and expenses—to close the first quarter of 2025. However, operating margins for health systems dipped below the 1% threshold…
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