Precision medicine
Medical researchers at Mass General Brigham say the self-supervised foundational model can identify inherent features from brain MRI datasets and is adaptable to other healthcare applications, including brain cancer treatment.
The field of targeted therapy could evolve to enable even more precise, individualized treatment strategies, says Sergio Calvo, general manager of theranostics at GE HealthCare, who discusses the company's role in developing and investing the technology.
Also, Google has introduced MedGemma 1.5 in India to support its national AI healthcare development.
According to Emirates Health Services' H.E. Mubaraka Ibrahim, the UAE is using clinical and non-clinical AI tools across its facilities to give clinicians time back and to support precision medicine and healthier communities.
The estate of Singapore's legendary banker Khoo Teck Puat recently gifted the cluster over $100 million to help accelerate AI integration and population health research.
The editors of the HIMSS Media brands offer sneak peek of the year ahead: including precision medicine advances, cybersecurity challenges, policy shifts and, of course, continued evolution of AI-enabled care delivery.
NEOM KSA's Dr. Peter Horn talks about the challenges of implementing precision medicine on a macro level after a pilot; success depends on strong data infrastructure, regulations tailored to each country and citizen engagement.
PRECISE confirms that hereditary cancers and kidney-related genetic diseases are under review for potential national genetic testing programme expansion.
Companies in November announced new efforts to fine-tune foundational models to advance radiology intelligence and implement baked-in security for cloud environments and medical devices. They're also using AI to protect patients.
The cancer center's first test of the technology matched all of its manually identified clinical trials candidates and found additional appropriate patients beyond that. "The analysis was unambiguous: The approach works," says one clinical IT leader.