Tech & Society
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.
AI for Medicine
Science
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.
Tech & Society
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.
Tech & Society
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.
Interviews & Essays
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.