Health Informatics

Artificial intelligence (AI) might be able to help doctors make glaucoma screening widely available, a new study says.... Read more

The neurons in our brain that underlie thought connect to each other using tiny branch-like structures on their surfaces known as dendritic spines. Now scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute and their colleagues have come up with powerful new software driven by artificial intelligence that can automatically map these dendritic spines... Read more

Every day, millions of people are discharged after extended hospital stays, but matching these patients with appropriate care facilities can be arduous, often reliant on months-old, inaccurate data.... Read more

JMIR Publications today announced the publication of a timely recap and interview with the co-chair of the Division of Clinical Informatics (DCI) Network's conference on ethical, effective implementation of artificial intelligence (A) in health care. The article, titled "Event Recap: Finding the Signal Through the Noise in Health Care AI... Read more

Randomized, controlled clinical trials are crucial for telling whether a new treatment is safe and effective. But often scientists don't fully report the details of their trials in a way that allows other researchers to gauge how well they designed and conducted those studies.... Read more

New research from the University of South Australia shows that the way we count our population could distort how health services are planned and funded—with some regions potentially over- or under-invested by more than 20%.... Read more

For many people, the rise of artificial intelligence–generated images has sparked anxiety—about misinformation, deepfakes and the blurring line between what's real and what's not. But in the world of medical imaging, realism isn't the problem—it's the goal.... Read more

Scientists at ARUP Laboratories have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that detects intestinal parasites in stool samples more quickly and accurately than traditional methods, potentially transforming how labs diagnose parasitic infections around the world.... Read more

Researchers have identified factors associated with survival for patients initially diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer who were seen at UT Southwestern Medical Center and its affiliated sites. Their findings, published in Communications Medicine, list certain demographic and clinical characteristics to consider among the regional population when formulating treatment plans for... Read more

One huge reason why the world of medicine hasn't yet found "the cure" for hard-to-treat malignancies like acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and many other forms of cancer is that the world of science is still striving to fully understand how our bone marrow forms the many types of cells within... Read more

A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Marketing Science finds that direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising for prescription smoking-cessation drugs meaningfully reduces cigarette use. At the same time, the research found that advertising for over the counter (OTC) nicotine products does not reduce cigarette use.... Read more

A study published in the British Journal of Health Psychology reveals the negative behavioral and psychological consequences of commercial fitness apps reported by users on social media. These impacts may undermine the potential of apps to promote health and well-being.... Read more

As more people turn to ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) for mental health advice, a new study details how these chatbots—even when prompted to use evidence-based psychotherapy techniques—systematically violate ethical standards of practice established by organizations like the American Psychological Association.... Read more

Brain connectivity patterns and environmental factors can predict which older adults will successfully increase physical activity after receiving a cardiovascular diagnosis. Nagashree Thovinakere and colleagues studied 295 cognitively healthy but physically inactive older adults from the UK Biobank who received cardiovascular diagnoses during a roughly four-year period. Their findings are... Read more

A new development in affordable, open-source mobile networks that enables near-real-time control of robotic arms could help doctors work on patients in remote locations in the years to come.... Read more