Apr 15, 2020

14 Posts

Data — From Patient to Health Record: AI automatically fills out electronic health records.
Apr 15, 2020

Data — From Patient to Health Record: AI automatically fills out electronic health records.

Doctors are overwhelmed by clerical work. Healthcare-savvy voice assistants are picking up the slack.

2 min read
Prognosis — Early Warning for Sepsis: AI can provide an early warning for sepsis.
Apr 15, 2020

Prognosis — Early Warning for Sepsis: AI can provide an early warning for sepsis.

An AI-driven alarm system helps rescue patients before infections become fatal. The problem: Machine learning can spot patterns in electronic health data indicating where a patient’s condition is headed that may be too subtle for doctors and nurses to catch.

2 min read
Treatment — The Elusive Molecule: How deep learning could speed up drug discovery
Apr 15, 2020

Treatment — The Elusive Molecule: How deep learning could speed up drug discovery

Will deep learning discover new medicines? Startups — and big-pharma partners — are betting on it. The problem: In theory, there’s a pharmacological cure for just about any ailment. In practice, discovering those therapies takes years and billions of dollars.

2 min read
Medical Applications of AI
Apr 15, 2020

Medical Applications of AI

This week’s issue of The Batch is all about medical applications of AI. Amid the current pandemic, the marriage of AI and medicine is more urgent than ever. My father is a practicing doctor, and I grew up seeing firsthand how the right...

1 min read
Data — From Patient to Health Record: AI automatically fills out electronic health records.
Apr 15, 2020

Data — From Patient to Health Record: AI automatically fills out electronic health records.

Doctors are overwhelmed by clerical work. Healthcare-savvy voice assistants are picking up the slack.

2 min read
Diagnosis — The Telltale Heart: How a company is using AI to monitor hearth health
Apr 15, 2020

Diagnosis — The Telltale Heart: How a company is using AI to monitor hearth health

The wearable revolution is helping doctors figure out what’s troubling your ticker — thanks to deep learning. The problem: Arrhythmias, a range of conditions in which the heart beats too fast, too slow, or erratically, can cause heart attack or stroke.

2 min read
Diagnosis — The Telltale Heart: How a company is using AI to monitor hearth health
Apr 15, 2020

Diagnosis — The Telltale Heart: How a company is using AI to monitor hearth health

The wearable revolution is helping doctors figure out what’s troubling your ticker — thanks to deep learning. The problem: Arrhythmias, a range of conditions in which the heart beats too fast, too slow, or erratically, can cause heart attack or stroke.

2 min read
A Visionary Doctor Prescribes AI: Dr. Eric Topol makes the case for AI in medicine.
Apr 15, 2020

A Visionary Doctor Prescribes AI: Dr. Eric Topol makes the case for AI in medicine.

Eric Topol is one of the world’s leading advocates for AI in medicine. Below he shares his insights into the fusion of AI and medicine and advice for machine learning engineers who want to get involved.

3 min read
The Batch: AI For Medicine Special! Eric Topol’s Planetary Health System, Discovering Drugs, Diagnosing Heart Disease
Apr 15, 2020

The Batch: AI For Medicine Special! Eric Topol’s Planetary Health System, Discovering Drugs, Diagnosing Heart Disease

This week’s issue of The Batch is all about medical applications of AI. Amid the current pandemic, the marriage of AI and medicine is more urgent than ever. My father is a practicing doctor, and I grew up seeing firsthand how the right...

12 min read
Prognosis — Early Warning for Sepsis: AI can provide an early warning for sepsis.
Apr 15, 2020

Prognosis — Early Warning for Sepsis: AI can provide an early warning for sepsis.

An AI-driven alarm system helps rescue patients before infections become fatal. The problem: Machine learning can spot patterns in electronic health data indicating where a patient’s condition is headed that may be too subtle for doctors and nurses to catch.

2 min read
Medical Applications of AI
Apr 15, 2020

Medical Applications of AI

This week’s issue of The Batch is all about medical applications of AI. Amid the current pandemic, the marriage of AI and medicine is more urgent than ever. My father is a practicing doctor, and I grew up seeing firsthand how the right...

1 min read
Treatment — The Elusive Molecule: How deep learning could speed up drug discovery
Apr 15, 2020

Treatment — The Elusive Molecule: How deep learning could speed up drug discovery

Will deep learning discover new medicines? Startups — and big-pharma partners — are betting on it. The problem: In theory, there’s a pharmacological cure for just about any ailment. In practice, discovering those therapies takes years and billions of dollars.

2 min read
A Visionary Doctor Prescribes AI: Dr. Eric Topol makes the case for AI in medicine.
Apr 15, 2020

A Visionary Doctor Prescribes AI: Dr. Eric Topol makes the case for AI in medicine.

Eric Topol is one of the world’s leading advocates for AI in medicine. Below he shares his insights into the fusion of AI and medicine and advice for machine learning engineers who want to get involved.

3 min read
The Batch: AI For Medicine Special! Eric Topol’s Planetary Health System, Discovering Drugs, Diagnosing Heart Disease
Apr 15, 2020

The Batch: AI For Medicine Special! Eric Topol’s Planetary Health System, Discovering Drugs, Diagnosing Heart Disease

This week’s issue of The Batch is all about medical applications of AI. Amid the current pandemic, the marriage of AI and medicine is more urgent than ever. My father is a practicing doctor, and I grew up seeing firsthand how the right...

12 min read

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