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During the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's regulation of drugs, biologics and medical devices on Wednesday, representatives fired questions at FDA directors.  The lawmakers said they were aiming to examine how FDA rules bar doctors and patients from accessing tests that would need to undergo lengthy premarket approvals and how the agency is approaching review of artificial intelligence and machine learning-enabled devices. They also asked about third-party certification and other topics.  Several committee members also ..read more

Amid doctors' strikes, the Ministry of Health and Welfare in South Korea has announced a new project that will harness artificial intelligence in the development of a clinical decision support system for emergency departments. It is investing 22.8 billion won ($16.7 million) over the next five years in the project, which aims to meet the following objectives: Establish an ER database  Develop technology for optimising the treatment process in the ER Develop an AI model for experiencing the ER Develop a CDSS for predicting conditions such as cardiac arrest, cardiovascular dis ..read more

Editor's Note: This is part two of our interview with Craig Kwiatkowski. To read part one, click here. Cedars-Sinai, the prominent California health system, has a variety of artificial intelligence programs either deployed or in the works. It's ahead of the game in the field of healthcare AI. Craig Kwiatkowski is chief information officer at Cedars-Sinai, leading the teams putting together the AI that is designed to improve care and help patients and providers. In today's interview, we talk with Kwiatkowski, who holds a pharmacy doctorate, about some of the AI tools being used at the health s ..read more

National University Hospital testing Alzheimer's predictive AI from Korea Singapore's National University Hospital is collaborating with medical AI company Heuron from South Korea to test the latter's AI solutions for screening and predicting Alzheimer's disease.  Heuron delivered its two solutions: Heuron AD, which provides quantitative analysis on brain atrophy, and Heuron Brain PET, which provides fast and accurate PET tracer quantification. Their year-long study will use approximately 700 brain MRI images and 230 brain PET scans from healthy patients, individuals with mild cognitive ..read more

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Craig Kwiatkowski, senior vice president and CIO at Cedars-Sinai, and his team have been pushing the famous health system forward in the realm of artificial intelligence. Their most prominent accomplishment has been the AI-powered virtual primary care app Cedars-Sinai Connect. Launched in fall 2023, the app already has increased primary care capacity by 11% – the equivalent of building three new clinics. It has helped more than 6,900 patients – from San Diego to Sacramento – access care through more than 9,200 virtual visits. But that's just one of the AI accomplishments. Kwiatkowski, who hol ..read more

With an aging population and healthcare systems under strain around the globe, there's an urgent need to improve efficiency in healthcare. The healthcare industry has been undergoing digitalisation for decades, with a focus on data capture, and it is now beginning to derive insights from the gathered data. For example, hospitals are already using algorithms to reduce no-shows in outpatient care. And research is ongoing on how generative AI can lessen the burden of medical coding, prioritise patients based on the severity of their needs and more. Much of the data gathering ..read more

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