A team of researchers from Stanford University and Google have released a paper highlighting a deep learning approach they say shows promise in the field of drug discovery. What they found, essentially, is that… Read more »
The Department of Veterans’ Affairs is working with IBM to analyze hundreds of thousands of VA hospital medical records using the Watson cognitive computing system. Improving the diagnosis and treatment of Post-Traumatic… Read more »
A new startup called Butterfly Network, from genomic-technology pioneer Jonathan Rothberg, hopes to improve the world of medical imaging using advanced chip technologies, tablet devices and deep learning. Rothberg explains how… Read more »
New funding for deep learning startups focused on medical imaging suggests investors see more promise in the applications of deep learning than for the models themselves. Read more »
If hospitals can convince nurses, doctors and other staff to track their movements, everyone — patients included — stand to win. At Structure Connect, a hospital executive explained how her institution… Read more »
Cloud storage and collaboration provider Box has acquired MedXT, a startup that has built technology for storing and sharing medical images in the cloud. The acquisition is an early step toward… Read more »
Jeremy Howard, the former president and chief scientist of predictive-modeling platform Kaggle, is back with a new startup he thinks can revolutionize medical diagnostics using deep learning. There’s a lot of… Read more »
Researchers at the University of Washington, Tacoma, have built a machine learning system capable of predicting readmission risks for congestive heart failure patients. It has shown good results in a pilot… Read more »
Syapse, a startup trying to build something akin to Google’s Knowledge Graph for medical data, has raised a $10 million series B round of venture capital from Safeguard Scientific and existing… Read more »
With $15 million from Kleiner Perkins and Jafco Ventures, Zephyr Health thinks it’s well-suited to help pharmaceutical companies and medical device makers navigate tougher financial times by making better use of… Read more »