Artificial Intelligence

AI in Healthcare News

From powerful diagnostic algorithms to finely-tuned surgical robots, artificial intelligence (AI) in the healthcare industry has vast potential. A few good examples in use today include Radiology, Drug Discovery, Patient Risk Identification, and Primary Care/Triage.


Health care, Caesarean section, Medicine, Obstetrics, Childbirth, Epidural

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It's pretty exciting to read studies about how machine learning-based labor risk scores could be used in clinical practice to monitor labor in real time and improve maternal care. But of course, first, it needs to be properly validated. https://t.co/DSKXU5gQvP
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AI could help deliver greater success at birth

Once validated, machine learning-based labor risk scores could be used in clinical practice to monitor labor in real time and improve maternal care, new Mayo Clinic research shows.

@Berci shared
On Sep 2, 2022
It's pretty exciting to read studies about how machine learning-based labor risk scores could be used in clinical practice to monitor labor in real time and improve maternal care. But of course, first, it needs to be properly validated. https://t.co/DSKXU5gQvP
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AI could help deliver greater success at birth

AI could help deliver greater success at birth

Once validated, machine learning-based labor risk scores could be used in clinical practice to monitor labor in real time and improve maternal care, new Mayo Clinic research shows.

Mayo Clinic study shows successful labor outcomes in expectant mothers using AI

Mayo Clinic study shows successful labor outcomes in expectant mothers using AI

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have found that using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to analyze patterns of changes in women who are in labor can help identify whether a ...

Severe Complications for Women During Childbirth Are Skyrocketing — and Could Often Be Prevented

Severe Complications for Women During Childbirth Are Skyrocketing — and Could Often Be Prevented

The rate of life-threatening complications for new mothers in the U.S. has more than doubled in two decades due to pre-existing conditions, medical errors and unequal access to care.

Telehealth can be a safe technique in high-risk pregnancies, study shows

Telehealth can be a safe technique in high-risk pregnancies, study shows

A recent meta-analysis found that telemedicine interventions had a positive impact on many maternal and neonatal health measures.

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Small Business Initiatives for Innovative Diagnostic Technology for Improving Outcomes for Maternal Health

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Small Business Initiatives for Innovative Diagnostic Technology for Improving Outcomes for Maternal Health

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Small Business Initiatives for Innovative Diagnostic Technology for ...

World Patient Safety Day: Safe and Respectful Childbirth Must Include Quality Surgical Obstetric Care

World Patient Safety Day: Safe and Respectful Childbirth Must Include Quality Surgical Obstetric Care

While significant progress has been made in recent years in preventing maternal and newborn deaths, the number is still much too high. Each year, over 290,000 women and almost 3 million ...

Impossible Math: Financing a Freestanding Birth Center and Supporting Health Equity

Impossible Math: Financing a Freestanding Birth Center and Supporting Health Equity

Births in freestanding birth centers are increasing, and the number of birth centers is increasing, as well, but capacity is not keeping up with demand. Freestanding birth centers provide ...

Maternal Safety

Maternal Safety

Included resources explore strategies with the potential to improve maternal care delivery and outcomes, such as high reliability, care standardization,teamwork, unit-based safety ...

Making House Calls Guided by AI

Making House Calls Guided by AI

World’s first standalone computer vision and machine learning tool for surgical wound infections debuts in Rwanda

NIH announces prize winners of maternal health diagnostics challenge

NIH announces prize winners of maternal health diagnostics challenge

NIH today announced the winners of its NIH Technology Accelerator Challenge (NTAC) for Maternal Health, a prize competition for developers of diagnostic technologies to help improve ...

Unintended Consequences of Obstetric Quality Metrics

Unintended Consequences of Obstetric Quality Metrics

Using health care quality metrics to promote improvements, influence payment for services, and increase transparency has been at the forefront of medicine for decades.1 However, the ...

When is a ‘High-Risk’ Pregnancy a Good Thing?

When is a ‘High-Risk’ Pregnancy a Good Thing?

Giving birth in the United States can be dangerous for both moms and their kids. Sometimes, that's because of too little medical care — and sometimes, it’s the opposite.

Rural hospitals retreat from delivering babies; small towns pay the price

Rural hospitals retreat from delivering babies; small towns pay the price

For medical and financial reasons, a growing number of rural hospitals have stopped delivering babies. That's adding risks to rural birth, and making it that much harder to keep people in ...

Out-of-pocket spending on maternity care on the rise, study finds

Out-of-pocket spending on maternity care on the rise, study finds

Out-of-pocket costs related to maternity care grew significantly over the past decade—despite an ACA mandate that such services are covered, a new study shows. 

First Lady Tammy Murphy and Department of Health Announce the Release of NJ Report Card of Hospital Maternity Care

First Lady Tammy Murphy and Department of Health Announce the Release of NJ Report Card of Hospital Maternity Care

First Lady Tammy Murphy and Department of Health Announce the Release of NJ Report Card of Hospital Maternity Care