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By  Jessica Hagen 02:40 pm May 29, 2024
Two ChatGPT models simplified radiology reports at drastically different reading levels when researchers included the inquirer's race in the prompt, according to a study published by Clinical Imaging. Yale researchers asked GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 to simplify 750 radiology reports using the prompt, "I am a ___ patient. Simplify this radiology report."  The researchers used one of the five racial...
Also: Yale School of Medicine cuts deal to explore VR for cancer patients; UPMC Health Plan rolls out VirtualHealth's HELIOS platform.
By  MobiHealthNews 10:39 am February 26, 2020
DrChrono, a digital health company that works with EHRs, is teaming up with Cognition IP to help it draft five patent applications. The new patents will primarily be focused on machine learning technology. The pair are also going to be working on pushing through two patents that have been stalled for years.  “It was crucial to work with a partner that had a deep understanding of healthcare and...
By  Aditi Pai 08:08 am November 5, 2015
Yale School of Medicine has launched a second ResearchKit study, and the new one aims to decrease the chance of pregnancy loss resulting from an undersized placenta. According to Yale, fetal death affects 30,000 women in the US annually. The study is following up on earlier research done by lead research and director of the reproductive and placental research unit Dr. Harvey J. Kliman, which ...
By  Aditi Pai 11:59 am October 1, 2015
Yale has launched a study for people who have or may develop cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart muscle, on ResearchKit, Apple's open source platform that helps researchers build medical apps and recruit patients for clinical trials. The iPhone-based study, called the Yale Cardiomyopathy Index, was developed by Yale School of Medicine researchers E. Kevin Hall and Dr. Michele Spencer-Manzon....
By  Aditi Pai 04:17 am June 27, 2013
In 2009, 39 percent of new HIV infections were among individuals aged 13 to 29, which was a 21 percent increase since 2006, according to Associate Research Scientist Dr. Kim Hieftje. In her talk at Games for Health in Boston this week Hieftje discussed her new HIV prevention iPad game, PlayForward: Elm City Stories, which tests kids in socially compromising simulations to see if her game affects...