Algorithm

Throughout history, all medical decision-making has relied upon anecdote, expert opinion, and cumbersome and limited clinical trials with delayed or nonexistent post hoc analysis and validation.

ORLANDO, Fla. — An algorithm for standardizing myasthenia gravis diagnosis during telehealth is feasible, but it requires additional testing and validation, according to researchers.

An AI algorithm had high discriminative ability in identifying pulmonary hypertension-likely patients from control patients at and before diagnosis using electrocardiogram data, according to study results.

In this Healio Video Perspective, Cynthia Matossian, MD, FACS, and David Evans, PhD, MBA, share pearls on how to successfully navigate Google’s algorithm when marketing an ophthalmology practice.

In this Healio Video Perspective, Cynthia Matossian, MD, FACS, and David Evans, PhD, MBA, discuss why it is important for practices to avoid generating website content with AI.

HF is associated with a fourfold increased risk for death and a sixfold to ninefold increased risk for sudden cardiac death, and its direct and indirect costs are estimated to reach $69.8 billion annually in the United States by 2030.

An algorithm from the Fetal Medicine Foundation used a blood test, ultrasound data and maternal characteristics in the first trimester of pregnancy to predict preterm and early-onset preeclampsia, a recent study showed.

BOSTON — The recently launched PREVENT risk scoring algorithm has the ability to enhance the prevention and management of CVD, according to Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACP, MACC, FAHA, FHFSA.

Two studies assessing the use of algorithm-driven prompts meant to improve antibiotic selection for patients hospitalized with pneumonia or UTIs showed the prompts were effective, researchers found.

An automated algorithm designed to identify rheumatology patients who need to “shield” against COVID-19 demonstrated results that matched the “gold standard” of manual review in the majority of cases, according to data.