Oct. 15, 2021 — Machine learning has come a long way in the quarter-century since a computer nicknamed Deep Blue shocked the world by beating chess champion Garry Kasparov. Today, when our smartphones have far more computing power than Deep Blue, scientists have trained their sights on even bigger opponents, including potentially fatal illnesses like … Read more
Epidemiological forecasts and smart testing strategies are not the only avenues where AI can play a major role in future pandemics. By Amrik Sen Artificial Intelligence (AI) companies like BlueDot and Metabiota were able to correctly identify unusual cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, China more than a week before the World Health Organization (WHO) formally … Read more
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld, spoke to Surya Gummadi, SVP & Head of Healthcare, Cognizant, to know more about the digital innovations that are transforming the way healthcare is administered and delivered. What are the critical factors that have provided the impetus to technology adoption in the healthcare sector? The global pandemic has spurred a tectonic … Read more
By Ayush Verma Dialogues are layered deep as an auto activity for humans to communicate with each other and have been the core of any kind of human development – most importantly information sharing. With conversational AI claiming to revolutionise the interaction experience across consumer centric industries – The question arises, can today’s regular devices … Read more
By Abhishek Agarwal Even before the pandemic hit us, start-ups had already begun working on the development of technology-driven solutions that could help medical professionals achieve better outcomes. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used in conjunction with medical imaging techniques to improve the quality of diagnosis. Start-ups specializing in Machine Learning are developing algorithms with decision-making … Read more
Dementia is the most common type of disability and dependency in elderly worldwide. It has a physical, psychological, social, and economic impact, not only on people with Dementia, but also on their carers, families, and society at large. Globally, India houses the second highest number of individuals suffering from Dementia (about 6 million). This number … Read more
by Adam Mayer The Covid-19 pandemic is the most graphic example of a rapidly evolving exponential threat in our lifetime. It has made everyone realize the need for more advanced infrastructure to be deployed, ready for any crisis. Considering the situation in an Indian context, it is time to rebuild or redesign hospital operations to … Read more
by Vineet Shukla “Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves.” This quote by Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, depicts the reality of our world in today’s day and age. Technological advances are transforming the way we look at care delivery. With the advent of Artificial Intelligence … Read more
For instance, healthcare sectors can create a plan to organize more beds or other medical resources if there is a surge hospital in COVID-19 cases. Dr Kanav Kahol, The world failed to prevent the Novel Coronavirus from spreading initially, which turned into a fatal pandemic. Henceforth, quick strategies became crucial to getting rid of the … Read more
Washington: In order to accurately identify patients with a mix of psychotic and depressive symptoms, researchers from the University of Birmingham recently developed a way of using machine learning to do so. The findings of the research were published in the journal ‘Schizophrenia Bulletin’. Patients with depression or psychosis rarely experience symptoms of purely one … Read more